Sec. 17b-278a. Coverage for treatment for smoking cessation.
Sec. 17b-278a. Coverage for treatment for smoking cessation. The Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the Medicaid state plan to provide coverage for
treatment for smoking cessation ordered by a licensed health care professional who
possesses valid and current state licensure to prescribe such drugs in accordance with
a plan developed by the commissioner to provide smoking cessation services. The commissioner shall present such plan to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services and appropriations by January 1, 2003, and, if such plan is approved by said committees and funding is provided
in the budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, such plan shall be implemented
on July 1, 2003. If the initial treatment provided to the patient for smoking cessation,
as allowed by the plan, is not successful as determined by a licensed health care professional, all prescriptive options for smoking cessation shall be available to the patient.
(P.A. 99-250, S. 1; P.A. 02-4, S. 19; P.A. 08-184, S. 61.)
History: P.A. 02-4 mandated provision of coverage for treatment ordered by licensed healthcare professional in accordance with plan approved by General Assembly committees, deleting provisions re treatment ordered by licensed physician
to extent permitted by federal law and re coverage limited to maximum of $400 per person per year, effective July 1, 2002;
P.A. 08-184 added provision re all prescriptive options for smoking cessation being available to patients whose initial
treatment is not successful, effective July 1, 2008.