Section 17b-274c - Voluntary mail order option for maintenance prescription drugs and drugs covered under the Medicare Part D program.

CT Gen Stat § 17b-274c (2019) (N/A)

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(a) The Commissioner of Social Services may establish a voluntary mail order option for any maintenance prescription drug covered under the Medicaid or Connecticut AIDS drug assistance programs.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, the Commissioner of Social Services may provide a voluntary mail order option, regardless of a mail order pharmacy's location, for any prescription drug covered under the Medicare Part D program established pursuant to Public Law 108-173, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.

(May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 120; P.A. 04-76, S. 19; Nov. 2 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-2, S. 5; P.A. 11-44, S. 127; P.A. 13-234, S. 96.)

History: May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1 effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 04-76 deleted reference to “general assistance”; Nov. 2 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-2 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) authorizing commissioner to provide a voluntary mail order option for any prescription drug covered under the Medicare Part D program, effective December 1, 2005; P.A. 11-44 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to state-administered general assistance, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-234 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to ConnPACE, effective January 1, 2014.

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