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2001 SESSION

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HB 1785 Prescription Drug Payment Assistance Pilot Program.

Introduced by: R. Creigh Deeds | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Virginia Prescription Drug Payment Assistance Pilot Program. Requires the Department of Medical Assistance Services to establish a two-year pilot program, the Virginia Prescription Drug Payment Assistance Pilot Program, by January 1, 2002, to assist a predetermined number of eligible elderly and disabled Virginians in paying for prescription drugs on a first-come, first-served basis. Eligibility criteria shall require that a person have (i) an income below 200 percent of the federal poverty level or (ii) prescription drug expenses that exceed forty percent of his annual income. Also, participants must be sixty-five or older or eligible for federal Old Age Survivors and Disability Insurance Benefits, and be ineligible for Medicaid prescription benefits and not be receiving a prescription drug benefit through a Medicare supplemental policy or any other third party payor prescription benefit. The annual benefit per eligible person shall be up to $2,500. The Department shall establish claims procedures and co-payment amounts, not to exceed 25 percent of the cost but not less than five dollars.


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