S 770
111th Congress
Senate
Health
Child health
Drug therapy
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care coverage and access
Medicaid
Medicare
Women's health
Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Tobacco Cessation Promotion Act of 2009
Introduced: April 1, 2009
Introduced by:
Durbin, Richard J.
Democratic
· Illinois
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 1, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4180-4191)
Apr 1, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4179-4180)
Apr 1, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Tobacco Cessation Promotion Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of: (1) counseling for cessation of tobacco use; and (2) tobacco cessation pharmacotherapy.
Provides for similar benefits under SSA titles V (Maternal and Child Health Services) and XIX (Medicaid).
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4180-4191)
Committees of jurisdiction
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