Sec. 17b-494. (Formerly Sec. 17a-345). Regulations.
Sec. 17b-494. (Formerly Sec. 17a-345). Regulations. The Commissioner of Social Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to
establish (1) a system for determining eligibility and disqualification under the program,
including provisions for an identification number and a renewable, nontransferable identification card; (2) requirements for the use of the identification number and card by
the pharmacy and the eligible person; (3) a system of payments; (4) limitations on the
maximum quantity per prescription which shall not exceed a thirty-day supply or one
hundred twenty oral dosage units whichever is greater; (5) requirements as to records
to be kept by the pharmacy, including patient profiles; (6) products prescribed for cosmetic and other purposes which shall not be covered under the program; and (7) such
other provisions as are necessary to implement the provisions of sections 17b-490 to
17b-495, inclusive.
(P.A. 85-573, S. 9, 18; P.A. 87-3, S. 5, 9; P.A. 90-89, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 49, 63; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: P.A. 87-3 deleted reference to the annual participation fee, restated the quantity limitation to be the greater of
a thirty-day supply or one hundred twenty oral dosage units and deleted Subsec. (b) re deposit of the annual participation
fee; P.A. 90-89 required the commissioner to adopt regulations establishing products prescribed for cosmetic purposes
which shall not be covered under the program; Sec. 17-516 transferred to Sec. 17a-345 in 1991; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8
added reference to Secs. 17a-340 and 17a-342 to 17a-346, inclusive, and made other technical corrections; P.A. 93-262
authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department on aging,
effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17a-345 transferred to Sec. 17b-494 in 1995.