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S. 1892 (104th)

Tobacco Medicaid Recovery Act of 1996

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Introduced

19 June 1996

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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21 August 2025

Summary

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.

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