[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 774 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 774

  To remove the limitation on Medicaid coverage of tobacco cessation 
                         nonprescription drugs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 31, 2017

   Ms. Meng introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To remove the limitation on Medicaid coverage of tobacco cessation 
                         nonprescription drugs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicaid Coverage of Tobacco 
Cessation Nonprescription Drugs Act''.

SEC. 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.''.
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