[§431N-5]  Rulemaking authority. The director of health shall adopt rules in accordance with chapter 91 whichare necessary to carry out this chapter.  The rules shall include, but need notbe limited to:

(1)  Establishment of guidelines for the purchase ofhealth care coverage from health care contractors by the department;

(2)  Establishment of specific health care services tobe covered, limited, and excluded by the program, including preventiveservices, outreach, and education strategies designed to reach gap groupindividuals;

(3)  Establishment of eligibility requirements forparticipation in the program;

(4)  Development and implementation of anidentification and notification process for eligible program participants;

(5)  Establishment of a payment schedule based on theperson's ability to pay;

(6)  Establishment of program participation criteriafor health care contractors;

(7)  Establishment of monitoring and evaluativeguidelines for the program;

(8)  Establishment of appeal procedures for denial ofeligibility, disqualification from program participation, assessment of civilpenalties, or other negative action; and

(9)  Establishment of procedures to exclude or removefrom the program persons who drop individual or group coverage to obtain insurance.[L 1989, c 378, pt of §1]