[PART
XV.]  State pharmacy assistance program



 



Note



 



  I-SaveRx prescription drug program (repealed June 30,
2012).  L 2008, c 59.



 



[§346-341]  Definitions.  As used in
this part:



"Asset
test" means the asset limits for eligibility in the state pharmacy assistance
program as defined by the Medicare Modernization Act and any amendments
thereto.



"Contractor"
means the person, partnership, or corporate entity that has an approved
contract with the department to administer the state pharmacy assistance program
as established under this part.



"Department"
means the department of human services.



"Enrollee"
means a resident of this State who meets the conditions specified in this part
and in department rules relating to eligibility for participation in the state
pharmacy assistance program and whose application for enrollment in the state
pharmacy assistance program has been approved by the department.



"Federal
poverty level" means the federal poverty level updated annually in the
Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and Human Services
under the authority of Title 42 United States Code section 9902(2).



"Full coverage prescription drug
benefit" means a federally approved prescription drug plan that offers a
zero co-payment benefit for medicaid dual eligibles under the medicare part D
drug benefit.



"Liquid
assets" means assets used in the eligibility determination process as
defined by the Medicare Modernization Act.



"Medicaid
dual eligible" means a person who is eligible for both medicaid and
medicare as defined by the Medicare Modernization Act.



"Medicare
Modernization Act" means the federal Medicare Prescription Drug,
Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003.



"Medicare
part D prescription drug benefit" means the federal prescription benefit
provided under the Medicare Modernization Act.



"Prescription
drug plan" means a plan provided by non‑governmental entities under
contract with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to provide
prescription benefits under the Medicare Modernization Act.



"Resident"
means a person who lives within this State and has a fixed place of residence
in this State, with the present intent of maintaining a permanent home in this
State for the indefinite future. [L 2005, c 209, pt of §2]