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Medicare and Medicaid
Arizona Senate Approves Smoking Cessation Treatments for State Medicaid Beneficiaries
April 5th, 2008
The Arizona Senate today passed legislation allowing the state Medicaid program to expend moneys to provide smoking cessation treatments to eligible members. The measure was approved by a vote of 27 to 3. Currently, Arizona is one of just seven states nationwide that doesn't cover smoking cessation programs in the state's Medicaid program, which in Arizona is the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS). Introduced by Sen. Barbara Leff (R-Dist. 11), Senate Bill 1418 would have no impact whatsoever on the state's General Fund and would provide benefits for nicotine replacement therapies and tobacco use medications approved by the U.S. Food...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-04-05)
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