A. The "discount prescription drug program" is created in the authority.
B. To be eligible for the discount prescription drug program, a person shall be a resident of the state.
C. Upon a determination that the person qualifies for the discount prescription drug program, the authority may assess an annual administrative fee not to exceed sixty dollars ($60.00) per year. The authority shall collect the fees, which shall be used by the authority to cover the cost of administering the program.
D. The amount a qualified person pays for a prescription drug shall not exceed the total cost of the dispensing fee plus the contracted discounted price made available to the authority for the prescription drug.
E. The authority shall enroll and provide participants with electronic or other form of membership identification for use by pharmacies for each transaction.
F. The authority shall actively promote membership and benefit information on the discount prescription drug program to seniors and the general public throughout the state.
History: Laws 2002, ch. 75, § 2 and Laws 2002 ch. 80, § 2; 2003, ch. 382, § 2; 2006, ch. 26, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2006 amendment, effective May 17, 2006, changed the name of the program from the "senior prescription drug program" to the "discount prescription drug program" in Subsection A and deleted the former age requirement in Subsection B.
The 2003 amendment, effective April 8, 2003, deleted Paragraph B(3) which read: "not have any other prescription drug benefits"; in Subsection C, substituted "may assess an annual administrative" for "shall collect an enrollment" following "program, the authority", substituted "fees, which" for "enrollment fees, and the enrollment fees" following "shall collect the"; and substituted "electronic or other form of membership identification for use by" for "membership cards and require the cards to be presented to" following "provide participants with" in Subsection E.