Bill Text: MA S563 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Provide coverage for tobacco use cessation under Commonwealth Care
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 6/3 at 1:00 PM in Hearing Room B1 [S563 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S563-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Moore, Richard (SEN)
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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 passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act to Provide Coverage for Tobacco Use Cessation Under Commonwealth Care
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Moore, Richard (SEN) |
Worcester and Norfolk |
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Martha M. Walz |
8th Suffolk |
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James B. Eldridge |
Middlesex and Worcester |
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Patricia D. Jehlen |
Second Middlesex |
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Frank I. Smizik |
15th Norfolk |
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Robert A. O'Leary |
Cape and Islands |
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Kay Khan |
11th Middlesex |
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John W. Scibak |
2nd Hampshire |
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Ellen Story |
3rd Hampshire |
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Cleon H. Turner |
1st Barnstable |
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Susan C. Fargo |
Third Middlesex |
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Sonia Chang-Díaz |
Second Suffolk |
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Jennifer M. Callahan |
18th Worcester |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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Susan C. Tucker |
Second Essex and Middlesex |
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Anthony D. Galluccio |
Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex |
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Kay Khan |
11th Middlesex |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act to Provide Coverage for Tobacco Use Cessation Under
Commonwealth Care.
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 118H of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting the following section:
Section 7. Any policy of insurance for accident or sickness, or agreement for medical or health services, which shall be delivered or issued or renewed or certified in this Commonwealth through the Commonwealth Care Health Insurance Program described in Chapter 118H of the General Laws, shall provide as a benefit to all individual subscribers and members within the Commonwealth, for expenses of tobacco use cessation treatment as hereinafter set forth. Tobacco use cessation treatment shall include nicotine replacement therapy, other evidence-based pharmacologic aids to quitting tobacco use, and accompanying counseling by a physician, physician assistant, nurse, nurse practitioner, dentist, certified tobacco treatment specialist, certified substance abuse counselor, licensed mental health counselors or other qualified clinician.
