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To amend title XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of comprehensive tobacco cessation services under such titles, and for other purposes. This bill provides for Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage of certain tobacco cessation services during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), as well as for two years after the emergency period ends. Specifically, the bill provides for coverage of diagnostic, therapy, and counseling services and pharmacotherapy, including prescription and nonprescription tobacco cessation agents, that are provided under medical supervision and in accordance with specified guidelines. The bill excludes such items and services from cost-sharing and applies an enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate).

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Lisa Blunt Rochester (D)*,  Nanette Barragán (D),  Karen Bass (D),  Anthony Brown (D),  Tony Cárdenas (D),  Joaquin Castro (D),  Judy Chu (D),  Gil Cisneros (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Lacy Clay (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  TJ Cox (D),  Angie Craig (D),  Diana DeGette (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Eliot Engel (D),  Brian Fitzpatrick (R),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Jahana Hayes (D),  Derek Kilmer (D),  Peter King (R),  Ann Kuster (D),  Donald McEachin (D),  Stephanie Murphy (D),  Grace Napolitano (D),  Joe Neguse (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Ayanna Pressley (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Harley Rouda (D),  Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),  Bobby Rush (D),  Kim Schrier (D),  Donna Shalala (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Tom Suozzi (D),  Bennie Thompson (D),  Paul Tonko (D),  Lauren Underwood (D),  Nydia Velázquez (D),  Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),  Susan Wild (D), 

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (on 06/22/2020)

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