3.0.0 4524 2023-01-11T13:45:16Z 2023-01-11T13:45:16Z Senate S 2020-08-12 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-08-12T16:32:12Z Quit Because of COVID-19 Act 116 7286 HR 2020-06-22 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Related bill CRS 2020-08-12 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2020-08-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-10-21 False Health Cardiovascular and respiratory health Child health Drug therapy Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Emergency medical services and trauma care Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Infectious and parasitic diseases Medicaid Mental health Prescription drugs State and local government operations U.S. territories and protectorates Health 00 2020-08-12 Introduced in Senate 2020-10-16T13:29:15Z Quit Because of COVID-19 Act

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).

]]> Quit Because of COVID–19 Act Display Title Quit Because of COVID–19 Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Quit Because of COVID–19 Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of comprehensive tobacco cessation services under such titles, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-08-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4524is/xml/BILLS-116s4524is.xml 2020-08-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.