HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 543 FILED ON: 1/11/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1129
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Christine P. Barber
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act to provide Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Christine P. Barber | 34th Middlesex | 1/11/2019 |
Carmine Lawrence Gentile | 13th Middlesex | 1/23/2019 |
James Arciero | 2nd Middlesex | 2/1/2019 |
Brian M. Ashe | 2nd Hampden | 2/1/2019 |
Ruth B. Balser | 12th Middlesex | 1/29/2019 |
David Biele | 4th Suffolk | 2/1/2019 |
Natalie M. Blais | 1st Franklin | 1/31/2019 |
Harriette L. Chandler | First Worcester | 2/1/2019 |
Mike Connolly | 26th Middlesex | 1/30/2019 |
Brendan P. Crighton | Third Essex | 1/30/2019 |
William L. Crocker, Jr. | 2nd Barnstable | 1/29/2019 |
Daniel R. Cullinane | 12th Suffolk | 1/31/2019 |
Julian Cyr | Cape and Islands | 2/1/2019 |
Marjorie C. Decker | 25th Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
Mindy Domb | 3rd Hampshire | 1/30/2019 |
Daniel M. Donahue | 16th Worcester | 1/30/2019 |
William J. Driscoll, Jr. | 7th Norfolk | 2/1/2019 |
Michelle M. DuBois | 10th Plymouth | 1/30/2019 |
James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester | 1/29/2019 |
William C. Galvin | 6th Norfolk | 1/31/2019 |
Sean Garballey | 23rd Middlesex | 1/25/2019 |
Denise C. Garlick | 13th Norfolk | 1/30/2019 |
Carlos González | 10th Hampden | 2/1/2019 |
Tami L. Gouveia | 14th Middlesex | 2/1/2019 |
Richard M. Haggerty | 30th Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
James K. Hawkins | 2nd Bristol | 2/1/2019 |
Stephan Hay | 3rd Worcester | 1/28/2019 |
Jonathan Hecht | 29th Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
Natalie M. Higgins | 4th Worcester | 1/30/2019 |
Kate Hogan | 3rd Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
Daniel J. Hunt | 13th Suffolk | 2/1/2019 |
Patricia D. Jehlen | Second Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex | 1/29/2019 |
John J. Lawn, Jr. | 10th Middlesex | 1/30/2019 |
David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf | 17th Worcester | 1/28/2019 |
Jack Patrick Lewis | 7th Middlesex | 1/29/2019 |
Jason M. Lewis | Fifth Middlesex | 1/24/2019 |
David Paul Linsky | 5th Middlesex | 1/24/2019 |
Jay D. Livingstone | 8th Suffolk | 1/29/2019 |
Elizabeth A. Malia | 11th Suffolk | 1/25/2019 |
Paul McMurtry | 11th Norfolk | 1/30/2019 |
Christina A. Minicucci | 14th Essex | 1/28/2019 |
Tram T. Nguyen | 18th Essex | 1/25/2019 |
Patrick M. O'Connor | Plymouth and Norfolk | 1/30/2019 |
James J. O'Day | 14th Worcester | 1/24/2019 |
Alice Hanlon Peisch | 14th Norfolk | 1/31/2019 |
Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
Rebecca L. Rausch | Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex | 1/30/2019 |
David Allen Robertson | 19th Middlesex | 1/25/2019 |
David M. Rogers | 24th Middlesex | 1/29/2019 |
Daniel J. Ryan | 2nd Suffolk | 1/31/2019 |
Jon Santiago | 9th Suffolk | 1/31/2019 |
Bruce E. Tarr | First Essex and Middlesex | 1/30/2019 |
Dean A. Tran | Worcester and Middlesex | 1/31/2019 |
Tommy Vitolo | 15th Norfolk | 1/29/2019 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 543 FILED ON: 1/11/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1129
By Ms. Barber of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1129) of Christine P. Barber and others relative to providing Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation programs and information. Health Care Financing. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)
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An Act to provide Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive office of health and human services shall include within its MassHealth-covered services a program for smoking and tobacco use cessation treatment and information. Smoking and tobacco use cessation treatment and information benefits shall include United States Food and Drug Administration approved nicotine replacement therapy, other United States Food and Drug approved pharmacologic aids to quitting smoking, and accompanying individual, group and phone counseling by a physician, dentist, behavioral health counselor, mental health counselor, certified tobacco use cessation counselor, or other qualified clinician. The executive office shall report annually on the number of enrollees who participate in smoking and tobacco cessation services, number of enrollees who quit smoking or using tobacco, and Medicaid expenditures tied to tobacco use by Medicaid enrollees.