Helping Tobacco Users Quit Act
Introduced Jun 12, 2025 by Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester
It's waiting on a committee vote to reach the full chamber. Most bills never leave this stage.
This bill provides for Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage of certain tobacco cessation services.
Specifically, the bill provides for coverage, without cost-sharing, 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. It also applies a 90% Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) for such items and services for five years.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
No floor votes yet — it hasn't reached the floor of either chamber.