Sec. 17b-492c. Authority of Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services with respect to the Medicare Part D program.
Sec. 17b-492c. Authority of Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction
Services with respect to the Medicare Part D program. The Commissioner of Mental
Heath and Addiction Services, or the commissioner's designee, may be the authorized
representative of an applicant or recipient of services provided by the Department of
Mental Health and Addiction Services for the purpose of submitting an application to
the Social Security Administration to obtain the low income subsidy benefit provided
under Public Law 108-173, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. As the authorized representative for this purpose, the commissioner,
or the commissioner's designee, may also sign required forms and enroll the applicant
or recipient in a Medicare Part D plan on the applicant's or recipient's behalf. The
applicant or recipient shall have the opportunity to select a Medicare Part D plan and shall
be notified of such opportunity by the commissioner. In the event that such applicant or
recipient does not select a Medicare Part D plan within a reasonable period of time, as
determined by the commissioner, the department shall enroll the applicant or recipient
in a Medicare Part D plan designated by the commissioner in accordance with said
act. The applicant or recipient shall appoint the commissioner, or the commissioner's
designee, as such applicant's or recipient's authorized representative for the purpose of
appealing any denial of Medicare Part D benefits and for any other purpose allowed
under said act and deemed necessary by the commissioner.
(P.A. 05-280, S. 29.)
History: P.A. 05-280 effective July 1, 2005.