The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 8 : Banking and Insurance
Chapter 107 : Health Insurance
Subchapter 009 : REQUIRED COVERED BENEFITS
(Cite as: 8 V.S.A. § 4081)-
§ 4081. Tobacco cessation
(a) As used in this section, “tobacco cessation medication” means all therapies approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in tobacco cessation.
(b) A health insurance plan shall provide coverage of at least one three-month supply per year of tobacco cessation medication, including over-the-counter medication, if prescribed by a licensed health care professional for an individual covered under the plan. A health insurance plan may require the individual to pay the plan’s applicable prescription drug co-payment for the tobacco cessation medication.
(c) This section shall apply to Medicaid and any other public health care assistance program offered or administered by the State or by any subdivision or instrumentality of the State. (Recodified and amended 2025, No. 11, § 2, eff. September 1, 2025.)
