In providing program benefits, the department may do all of the following:
    (a) Enter into a contract with a private individual, corporation, or agency to manage the EPIC program. A contract entered into under this subdivision shall be awarded through a competitive bidding process.

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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 550.2006

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: means the department of community health. See Michigan Laws 550.2002
  • EPIC program: means the elder prescription insurance coverage program created in section 3 or any other state program, federal program, or combination of state programs and federal programs, providing services to the population specified in section 3. See Michigan Laws 550.2002
    (b) Use procedures and rebate amounts specified under section 1927 of title XIX of the social security act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1396r-8, to secure quarterly rebates from pharmaceutical manufacturers for outpatient drugs dispensed to participants in EPIC.
    (c) For products distributed by the pharmaceutical manufacturers not providing quarterly rebates as listed in subdivision (b), require preauthorization.