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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 231.61 SENIOR PHARMACEUTICAL
1 2 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.
1 3 1. For the purposes of this section, unless the context
1 4 otherwise requires:
1 5 a. "Eligible person" means a person, sixty-five years of
1 6 age or older, with an annual net income of not more than two
1 7 hundred fifty percent of the federal poverty level, as defined
1 8 by the most recent poverty income guidelines published by the
1 9 United States department of health and human services; or a
1 10 person, sixty-five years of age or older, who with the
1 11 person's spouse has an annual net income of not more than two
1 12 hundred fifty percent of the federal poverty level, as defined
1 13 by the most recent poverty income guidelines published by the
1 14 United States department of health and human services.
1 15 "Eligible person" does not include a person who is eligible
1 16 for financial assistance for the purchase of prescription
1 17 drugs under another local, state, or federal program to the
1 18 extent that the other program provides financial assistance
1 19 for the purchase of prescription drugs.
1 20 b. "Prescription drug" means a prescription drug as
1 21 defined in section 155A.3.
1 22 c. "Program" means the senior pharmaceutical assistance
1 23 program established in this section.
1 24 2. A senior pharmaceutical assistance program is
1 25 established within the department to provide for subsidization
1 26 of the prescription drug costs of eligible persons. The
1 27 program shall be administered through the area agencies on
1 28 aging.
1 29 3. The commission shall adopt rules to implement this
1 30 section. The rules shall provide for all of the following:
1 31 a. A means to determine the eligibility of a person,
1 32 including proof of the person's actual and anticipated annual
1 33 net income, evidence of complete or partial payment for the
1 34 costs of prescription drugs from a provider other than the
1 35 program, and other provisions consistent with this section.
2 1 b. The program application form. An initial application
2 2 shall be accompanied by proof of the date of birth of the
2 3 person.
2 4 c. Issuance by the department of a participation card,
2 5 upon approval of an application. The card shall act as a form
2 6 of identification for a person to use in proving eligibility.
2 7 d. Prescription copayment and deductible amount.
2 8 e. Pharmacist case management.
2 9 4. In establishing copayment and deductible amounts, the
2 10 goal of the commission shall be to provide a benefit to the
2 11 greatest number of eligible persons. The department may
2 12 negotiate group discounts or utilize other methods to reduce
2 13 the cost of prescription drugs provided under the program.
2 14 5. The department shall establish a pharmaceutical
2 15 assistance education program to provide information regarding
2 16 options for pharmaceutical assistance. The pharmaceutical
2 17 assistance education program shall be provided through the
2 18 area agencies on aging.
2 19 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from the
2 20 general fund of the state to the department of elder affairs
2 21 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June
2 22 30, 2002, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
2 23 necessary, for the purpose designated:
2 24 For the senior pharmaceutical assistance program and the
2 25 pharmaceutical assistance education program established
2 26 pursuant to section 231.61:
2 27 .................................................. $ 5,000,000
2 28 EXPLANATION
2 29 This bill establishes a senior pharmaceutical assistance
2 30 program in the department of elder affairs to provide for
2 31 subsidization of prescription drug costs of eligible persons
2 32 65 years of age and older with limited incomes, as established
2 33 in the bill. The department of elder affairs is required to
2 34 adopt rules regarding copayments and deductibles, and a form
2 35 of participation card identification for eligible persons.
3 1 The bill also establishes a pharmaceutical assistance
3 2 education program to provide information regarding options for
3 3 pharmaceutical assistance. The program is to be provided
3 4 through the area agencies on aging.
3 5 The bill also provides for an appropriation to the
3 6 department of elder affairs to finance the program.
3 7 LSB 1437HH 79
3 8 pf/cf/24.1
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