Tobacco Medicaid Recovery Act of 1996
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jul 10, 1996)
Tobacco Medicaid Recovery Act of 1996 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to reward States that recover by lawsuit from manufacturers of tobacco products Federal and State health care costs incurred under Medicaid for the treatment of individuals with diseases attributable to the use of tobacco products. Provides for: (1) attributing a portion of such recovered costs to the non-Federal share of expenditures under the Medicaid programs of such States; and (2) paying another portion to the National Institutes of Health for disease research.
What just happenedJul 16, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJul 10, 1996
- Jul 16, 1996CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Jul 10, 1996IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Budget Committee - Jul 10, 1996IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Jul 10, 1996IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Jul 10, 1996IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jul 10, 1996IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House