HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1544 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1169
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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 providing Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation programs and information.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Christine P. Barber | 34th Middlesex | 1/18/2023 |
Joanne M. Comerford | Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester | 1/26/2023 |
Paul J. Donato | 35th Middlesex | 1/27/2023 |
Michael D. Brady | Second Plymouth and Norfolk | 2/8/2023 |
Ruth B. Balser | 12th Middlesex | 2/8/2023 |
Jon Santiago | 9th Suffolk | 2/8/2023 |
Paul McMurtry | 11th Norfolk | 2/8/2023 |
Danielle W. Gregoire | 4th Middlesex | 2/8/2023 |
Michael P. Kushmerek | 3rd Worcester | 2/8/2023 |
Jack Patrick Lewis | 7th Middlesex | 2/8/2023 |
Lydia Edwards | Third Suffolk | 2/9/2023 |
Patrick Joseph Kearney | 4th Plymouth | 2/9/2023 |
Carmine Lawrence Gentile | 13th Middlesex | 2/9/2023 |
David M. Rogers | 24th Middlesex | 2/10/2023 |
Denise C. Garlick | 13th Norfolk | 2/15/2023 |
Tommy Vitolo | 15th Norfolk | 3/15/2023 |
Bruce E. Tarr | First Essex and Middlesex | 7/20/2023 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1544 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1169
By Representative Barber of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1169) of Christine P. Barber and others relative to providing Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation programs and information. Health Care Financing. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1245 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act providing Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation programs and information.
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. Chapter 118E of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting at the end of section 10M the following:-
“provided further that “tobacco use cessation counseling” shall include individual, group and phone counseling by a physician, dentist, behavioral health counselor, mental health counselor, certified tobacco use cessation counselor, or other qualified clinician.”