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Ch. 281 2005 LAWS OF MARYLAND
benefit of the Program and be deposited to the Maryland Health Insurance Plan
Fund; altering certain eligibility requirements for the Maryland Pharmacy
Assistance Program; establishing the Medicare Option Prescription Drug
Program; establishing the purpose, administration, operation, and eligibility
requirements of the Medicare Option Prescription Drug Program; authorizing
the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to administer the Medicare Option
Prescription Drug Program as part of the Maryland Medical Assistance
Program; authorizing the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to take
certain actions; requiring the Medicare Option Prescription Drug Program to
provide benefits to certain individuals; requiring the Secretary to adopt
regulations to implement the Medicare Option Prescription Drug Program;
repealing the Maryland Pharmacy Discount Program; extending the termination
date of the Senior Prescription Drug Program until a certain date; authorizing
the Board of Directors of the Maryland Health Insurance Plan to automatically
transfer certain enrollees of the Senior Prescription Drug Program into the
Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program; authorizing the Board of
Directors of the Maryland Health Insurance Plan to automatically assign
certain enrollees to a Medicare Part D plan under certain circumstances, and to
extend certain benefits to certain enrollees until a certain date, subject to
certain limitations; providing that it is the intent of the General Assembly that
the Medicare Option Prescription Drug Program be the payor of last resort and
only cover certain costs; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene
to provide certain notice to the Department of Legislative Services; altering
certain definitions; defining certain terms; providing for the effective date of
certain provisions of this Act; and generally relating to Maryland pharmacy
programs,
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Insurance
Section 14-106(c), (d), and (e), 14-504(b) and (e), and 14-510 through 14-513
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume and 2004 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Insurance
Section 14-504(a), 14-514, and 14-515
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume and 2004 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 15-103(d) and 15-124(a) and (e)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2000 Replacement Volume and 2004 Supplement)
BY repealing
Article - Health - General
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