MA H1129

Bill

To provide Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to providing Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation programs and information. Health Care Financing.

AI Summary

This bill requires the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services to include smoking and tobacco cessation treatment and information as part of the MassHealth (Medicaid) program's covered services. The benefits will include FDA-approved nicotine replacement therapy, other FDA-approved medications to help quit smoking, and individual, group, or phone counseling by qualified healthcare providers. The Executive Office must also report annually on the number of enrollees who participate in and quit smoking through these services, as well as Medicaid expenditures related to tobacco use by Medicaid enrollees.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (55)

Jim Arciero (D), Brian Ashe (D), Ruth Balser (D), Christine Barber (D), David Biele (D), Natalie Blais (D), Harriette Chandler (D), Mike Connolly (D), Brendan Crighton (D), William Crocker (R), Daniel Cullinane (D), Julian Cyr (D), Marjorie Decker (D), Mindy Domb (D), Dan Donahue (D), William Driscoll (D), Michelle DuBois (D), Jamie Eldridge (D), Bill Galvin (D), Sean Garballey (D), Denise Garlick (D), Carmine Gentile (D), Carlos González (D), Tami Gouveia (D), Rich Haggerty (D), Jim Hawkins (D), Stephen Hay (D), Jonathan Hecht (D), Natalie Higgins (D), Kate Hogan (D), Dan Hunt (D), Pat Jehlen (D), Kay Khan (D), John Lawn (D), David LeBoeuf (D), Jack Lewis (D), Jason Lewis (D), David Linsky (D), Jay Livingstone (D), Elizabeth Malia (D), Paul McMurtry (D), Christina Minicucci (D), Tram Nguyen (D), Patrick O'Connor (R), Jim O'Day (D), Alice Peisch (D), Denise Provost (D), Becca Rausch (D), Dave Robertson (D), Dave Rogers (D), Danny Ryan (D), Jon Santiago (D), Bruce Tarr (R), Dean Tran (R), Tommy Vitolo (D),

Last Action

Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence (on 06/22/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1129

(8 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1129
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1129.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1144	Relative to hospital profit transparency and fairness	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
H1149	To require equivalent Medicaid reimbursement	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H1172	Ensuring protections for physicians and hospitals that contract with Medicaid managed care organizations	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
H1182	Relative to Medicaid coverage for doula services	Accompanied a new draft, see H4780	Similar To
H1199	Regarding Medicare savings programs eligibility	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
S1211	Relative to the sustainability of public health dental hygienists through adequate reimbursements	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S704	To provide Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S705	To update Medicaid resource limits for seniors	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To

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