Sec. 17b-265d. Definition of full benefit dually eligible Medicare Part D beneficiary. Prescription drug coverage under Medicare Part D. Copayment coverage. Commissioner's enrollment authority.
Sec. 17b-265d. Definition of full benefit dually eligible Medicare Part D beneficiary. Prescription drug coverage under Medicare Part D. Copayment coverage.
Commissioner's enrollment authority. (a) As used in this section, "full benefit dually
eligible Medicare Part D beneficiary" means a person who has coverage for Medicare
Part D drugs and is eligible for full medical assistance benefits pursuant to section 17b-261, under any category of eligibility.
(b) On and after the effective date of the Medicare Part D program established
pursuant to Public Law 108-173, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and
Modernization Act of 2003, no Medicaid prescription drug coverage shall be provided
to a Medicaid recipient eligible for Medicare Part D for Medicare Part D drugs, as
defined in said act. Medicaid coverage shall be provided to a full benefit dually eligible
Medicare Part D beneficiary for prescription drugs that are not Medicare Part D drugs,
as defined in said act.
(c) The department shall be responsible for payment on behalf of a full benefit
dually eligible Medicare Part D beneficiary of any Medicare Part D prescription drug
copayments imposed pursuant to Public Law 108-173, the Medicare Prescription Drug,
Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.
(d) To the extent permitted under federal law, the Commissioner of Social Services
may be the authorized representative of a full benefit dually eligible Medicare Part D
beneficiary for the purpose of enrolling the beneficiary in a Medicare Part D plan.
(P.A. 05-280, S. 19; Nov. 2 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-2, S. 1; Nov. 2 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 05-280 effective July 1, 2005; Nov. 2 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-2 added new Subsec. (a) defining "full benefit
dually eligible Medicare Part D beneficiary", redesignated existing provisions as Subsec. (b) and made technical changes
therein, and added Subsec. (c) re department's responsibility for payment of Medicare Part D prescription drug copayments
on behalf of a full benefit dually eligible Medicare Part D beneficiary, effective December 1, 2005; Nov. 2 Sp. Sess. P.A.
05-3 added Subsec. (d) re authority of Commissioner of Social Services to act as the authorized representative of a full
benefit dually eligible Medicare Part D beneficiary for purposes of enrolling the beneficiary in a Medicare Part D plan,
effective December 1, 2005.