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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 See on congress.gov
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 April 1, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4180-4191)

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 770: Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Tobacco Cessation Promotion Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-770/
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"S. 770: Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Tobacco Cessation Promotion Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-770/.
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