TABLE 3. Barriers to Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments, by state — United States, 2015 and 2017*^,†.

State	Copayments required		Prior authorization required		Counseling required for medications		Stepped-care therapy		Limits on duration		Annual limit on quit attempts		Lifetime limit on quit attempts
	2015	2017	2015	2017	2015	2017	2015	2017	2015	2017	2015	2017	2015	2017
Alabama	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Alaska	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Arizona	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Arkansas	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
California	No	No	V	V	No	No	V	No	V	V	V	V	No	No
Colorado	V	No	Yes	Yes	V	No	No	V	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Connecticut	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Delaware	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
District of Columbia	NA	No	NA	V	NA	No	NA	No	NA	V	NA	V	NA	No
Florida	V	V	V	No	No	No	V	No	V	Yes	V	No	V	No
Georgia	No	No	Yes	V	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Hawaii	V	No	V	V	V	V	V	V	V	V	Yes	Yes	No	No
Idaho	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Illinois	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Indiana	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Iowa	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Kansas	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Kentucky	V	No	V	V	V	No	No	No	V	Yes	V	Yes	No	No
Louisiana	Yes	Yes	V	V	V	V	No	No	V	V	No	No	No	No
Maine	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Maryland	V	No	V	Yes	V	No	V	Yes	V	Yes	V	Yes	No	No
Massachusetts	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Michigan	No	No	V	No	No	No	V	No	V	V	Yes	No	No	No
Minnesota	Yes	No	No	V	No	No	No	No	No	V	No	No	No	No
Mississippi	V	V	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Missouri	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
Montana	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Nebraska	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Nevada	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	V	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
New Hampshire	Yes	V	Yes	V	No	No	No	No	No	V	Yes	V	No	No
New Jersey	V	No	V	V	No	No	No	V	V	V	V	V	V	V
New Mexico	No	V	V	V	V	V	No	No	V	V	V	V	No	No
New York	V	V	V	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
North Carolina	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
North Dakota	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Ohio	Yes	No	V	V	No	No	V	V	No	V	No	V	No	No
Oklahoma	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Oregon	No	No	V	V	V	V	No	V	V	V	V	V	No	No
Pennsylvania	Yes	V	V	V	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Rhode Island	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	V	Yes	No	No	No
South Carolina	V	V	V	V	V	V	V	V	Yes	Yes	V	V	No	No
South Dakota	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Tennessee	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Texas	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Utah	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Vermont	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Virginia	V	V	V	V	V	V	V	V	V	V	V	V	No	No
Washington	No	No	V	V	V	V	No	No	V	V	V	V	V	V
West Virginia	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Wisconsin	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Wyoming	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Total count
Yes	24	16	23	22	10	9	11	11	26	27	26	24	1	0
No	16	27	11	13	30	35	31	32	12	10	14	17	46	49
V	10	8	16	16	10	7	8	8	12	14	10	10	3	2
NA	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0

Abbreviations: NA = information not available; No = barrier does not apply to any Medicaid enrollee for any treatment; V = varies, barrier applies to some, but not all, Medicaid enrollees for one or more treatments; Yes = barrier applies to all Medicaid enrollees for one or more treatments.

* Data as of June 30, 2015, and June 30, 2017.

^† Because of differences in the methods and timing of data collection, some findings differ from findings on this topic reported in MMWR before 2014 (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5941a4.htm).