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1 1 Amend House File 755, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 28, by inserting after line 19, the
1 4 following:
1 5 "DIVISION ___
1 6 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 231.61 SENIOR
1 7 PHARMACEUTICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.
1 8 1. For the purposes of this section, unless the
1 9 context otherwise requires:
1 10 a. "Eligible person" means a person, sixty-five
1 11 years of age or older, with an annual net income of
1 12 not more than two hundred fifty percent of the federal
1 13 poverty level, as defined by the most recent poverty
1 14 income guidelines published by the United States
1 15 department of health and human services; or a person,
1 16 sixty-five years of age or older, who with the
1 17 person's spouse has an annual net income of not more
1 18 than two hundred fifty percent of the federal poverty
1 19 level, as defined by the most recent poverty income
1 20 guidelines published by the United States department
1 21 of health and human services. "Eligible person" does
1 22 not include a person who is eligible for financial
1 23 assistance for the purchase of prescription drugs
1 24 under another local, state, or federal program to the
1 25 extent that the other program provides financial
1 26 assistance for the purchase of prescription drugs.
1 27 b. "Prescription drug" means a prescription drug
1 28 as defined in section 155A.3.
1 29 c. "Program" means the senior pharmaceutical
1 30 assistance program established in this section.
1 31 2. A senior pharmaceutical assistance program is
1 32 established within the department to provide for
1 33 subsidization of the prescription drug costs of
1 34 eligible persons. The program shall be administered
1 35 through the area agencies on aging.
1 36 3. The commission shall adopt rules to implement
1 37 this section. The rules shall provide for all of the
1 38 following:
1 39 a. A means to determine the eligibility of a
1 40 person, including proof of the person's actual and
1 41 anticipated annual net income, evidence of complete or
1 42 partial payment for the costs of prescription drugs
1 43 from a provider other than the program, and other
1 44 provisions consistent with this section.
1 45 b. The program application form. An initial
1 46 application shall be accompanied by proof of the date
1 47 of birth of the person.
1 48 c. Issuance by the department of a participation
1 49 card, upon approval of an application. The card shall
1 50 act as a form of identification for a person to use in
2 1 proving eligibility.
2 2 d. Prescription copayment and deductible amount.
2 3 e. Pharmacist case management.
2 4 4. In establishing copayment and deductible
2 5 amounts, the goal of the commission shall be to
2 6 provide a benefit to the greatest number of eligible
2 7 persons. The department may negotiate group discounts
2 8 or utilize other methods to reduce the cost of
2 9 prescription drugs provided under the program.
2 10 5. The department shall establish a pharmaceutical
2 11 assistance education program to provide information
2 12 regarding options for pharmaceutical assistance. The
2 13 pharmaceutical assistance education program shall be
2 14 provided through the area agencies on aging.
2 15 Sec. . APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated
2 16 from the general fund of the state to the department
2 17 of elder affairs for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2 18 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, the following amount,
2 19 or so much thereof as is necessary, for the purpose
2 20 designated:
2 21 For the senior pharmaceutical assistance program
2 22 and the pharmaceutical assistance education program
2 23 established pursuant to section 231.61:
2 24 .................................................. $ 5,000,000"
2 25 #2. By renumbering as necessary.
2 26
2 27
2 28
2 29 JACK HOLVECK
2 30 JOHN P. KIBBIE
2 31 PATRICIA HARPER
2 32 JOHNIE HAMMOND
2 33 MARK SHEARER
2 34 BILL FINK
2 35 BETTY A. SOUKUP
2 36 MICHAEL E. GRONSTAL
2 37 WALLY E. HORN
2 38 EUGENE S. FRAISE
2 39 HF 755.516 79
2 40 pf/pj
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