Kentucky Statutes 205.5624 – Payment of benefits — Limitations — Qualification for coverage
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(1) Benefits provided under the program shall be limited to the amount of appropriations.
(2) The program shall be the payor of last resort. The program shall cover costs for participants that are not covered by the Medicare Part D program.
(3) Except for dual eligibles during the transition period, during which they are being moved from Medicaid to a Medicare Part D program, applicants who are qualified for coverage of payments for prescription drugs under a public assistance program shall be ineligible for the program for so long as they are so qualified.
(4) Applicants who are qualified for full coverage of payments for prescription drugs under another plan of assistance or insurance shall be ineligible to receive benefits from the program for so long as they are eligible to receive pharmacy benefits from the other plan.
(5) Applicants who are qualified for partial payments for prescription drugs under another insurance plan shall be eligible for the program but may receive reduced assistance from the program.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Created 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 136, sec. 9, effective June 20, 2005; and amended ch. 184, sec. 13, effective June 20, 2005.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2005). This statute was created by 2005
Ky. Acts ch. 136, sec. 9. Section 13 of another enactment, 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 184, instructed that the word “who” in subsection (2) should be replaced by the word “that.”
(2) The program shall be the payor of last resort. The program shall cover costs for participants that are not covered by the Medicare Part D program.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 205.5624
- Public assistance: means money grants, assistance in kind, or services to or for the benefit of needy aged, needy blind, needy permanently and totally disabled persons, needy children, or persons with whom a needy child lives or a family containing a combination of these categories, except that the term shall not be construed to permit the granting of financial aid where the purpose of such aid is to obtain an abortion. See Kentucky Statutes 205.010
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(3) Except for dual eligibles during the transition period, during which they are being moved from Medicaid to a Medicare Part D program, applicants who are qualified for coverage of payments for prescription drugs under a public assistance program shall be ineligible for the program for so long as they are so qualified.
(4) Applicants who are qualified for full coverage of payments for prescription drugs under another plan of assistance or insurance shall be ineligible to receive benefits from the program for so long as they are eligible to receive pharmacy benefits from the other plan.
(5) Applicants who are qualified for partial payments for prescription drugs under another insurance plan shall be eligible for the program but may receive reduced assistance from the program.
Effective: June 20, 2005
History: Created 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 136, sec. 9, effective June 20, 2005; and amended ch. 184, sec. 13, effective June 20, 2005.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2005). This statute was created by 2005
Ky. Acts ch. 136, sec. 9. Section 13 of another enactment, 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 184, instructed that the word “who” in subsection (2) should be replaced by the word “that.”