HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1544        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1169

 

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.”