Medicaid Coverage of Tobacco Cessation Nonprescription Drugs Act

Bill: 115-hr-774
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2017-01-31
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Health promotion and preventive care

Medicaid
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-31
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to&nbsp;eliminate restrictions on state Medicaid program coverage of nonprescription drugs for tobacco cessation. Under current law, a state Medicaid program may exclude from coverage, or otherwise restrict, such drugs, except for those&nbsp;recommended to pregnant women.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 774 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 31, 2017 Ms. Meng introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To remove the limitation on Medicaid coverage of tobacco cessation nonprescription drugs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicaid Coverage of Tobacco Cessation Nonprescription Drugs Act . 2. Medicaid coverage of tobacco cessation nonprescription drugs Section 1927(d)(2)(F) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396r–8(d)(2)(F) ) is amended to read as follows: (F) Nonprescription drugs, except agents approved by the Food and Drug Administration under the over-the-counter monograph process for purposes of promoting, and when used to promote, tobacco cessation. .