(a) The Commissioner shall establish and implement a program to provide financial assistance to certain individuals 60 years of age and over and disabled persons for their acquisition of prescription drugs, including refills of prescription drugs, to provide limited medical supplies and equipment used in the care of chronic diseases, including respiratory diseases, diabetes and cancer to purchase assistive technology devices to persons with disabilities and to provide for wellness and chronic disease education, under a program known as “The Pharmaceutical and Medical Supplies Assistance to Aged and Disabled Persons Program.”
(b) The Program shall consist of payments as provided under section 45 of this chapter for the reasonable cost of prescription drugs sold to certified individuals in excess of the copayments required by section 45 of this chapter. Indigent residents of the homes for the aged that are under the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Human Services as set forth in section 18 of this title are eligible for assistance under the Program and the requirements of section 45 shall not be applicable to said residents.
(c) In addition to the program authorized in subsection (a), the Commissioner may establish and implement other programs to provide assistance to individuals sixty years of age and older with disabilities and other-health related needs.