# 119-s-2064: Helping Tobacco Users Quit Act

119-s-2064, Helping Tobacco Users Quit Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2064
- Congress: 119
- Title: Helping Tobacco Users Quit Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-06-12
- Sponsor: Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-10

## Summary

**Provides free, comprehensive tobacco cessation coverage for Medicaid and CHIP enrollees.** The bill would also temporarily raise the federal matching rate to 90% for these cessation services and related outreach for five years. - Families and children on CHIP would get counseling and pharmacotherapy for tobacco cessation with no cost-sharing, and CHIP plans could not require prior authorization for those drugs. - People on Medicaid who use tobacco would gain coverage of diagnostic, counseling, therapy, and pharmacotherapy services delivered under medical supervision and aligned with evidence-based guidelines, with no cost-sharing. - States would receive a 90% Federal Medical Assistance Percentage for counseling, pharmacotherapy, and outreach costs for a five-year period and would be required to monitor and promote use of cessation services. - The bill would prohibit prior authorization for tobacco cessation drugs in Medicaid and CHIP and allow qualified licensed health professionals to furnish cessation services under the specified guidelines.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD] (D-MD), 2025-08-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More CHIP help to quit tobacco: benefit, medium. If enacted, State child health plans (CHIP) would have to cover counseling and FDA‑approved drugs to help enrollees quit tobacco. For five years the federal government would pay 90% of qualifying CHIP counseling and pharmacotherapy costs, and 90% of outreach campaign costs. Any payment received und…
- More Medicaid cessation coverage and funding: benefit, medium. If enacted, State Medicaid plans would have to cover counseling and FDA‑approved drugs to help enrollees quit tobacco. For five years the federal government would pay 90% of state spending on those counseling services and drugs. States would also get 90% reimbursement for outreach to raise awarenes…
- No cost sharing for quit services: benefit, medium. If enacted, Medicaid and CHIP plans could not charge deductibles, coinsurance, or other cost sharing for counseling, therapy, or covered drugs used to help people quit tobacco. The bill would also add these services and related covered outpatient drugs to the list treated under alternative cost‑sha…
- No prior authorization for cessation drugs: benefit, low. If enacted, Medicaid and CHIP plans could not require prior authorization before covering prescription or covered outpatient drugs used to help people quit tobacco. States could not use prior authorization to limit access to FDA‑approved cessation drugs.
- Start date and minors' coverage protection: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill's Medicaid and CHIP changes would start on the first day of the first fiscal year after enactment. Nothing in the bill could be read to limit counseling or drugs for people under 18.

## Related bills

- 119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-4949: Water Resources Development Act of 2026
- 119-s-5283: Momnibus Act
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act
- 119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act

## Sources
- [119-s-2064 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2064)

## Related
- [119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3923)
- [119-s-4949: Water Resources Development Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4949)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3869)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2064 (as of 2026-10-10).