Ch. 323

LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
apply to all taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 1985.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved May 14, 1987.

CHAPTER 3 23
(Senate Bill 128)
AN ACT concerning

Maryland Pharmacy Assistance Program - Eligibility Criteria

FOR the purpose of altering the eligibility criteria for the
Maryland Pharmacy Assistance Program by providing that an
eligible individual's assets may be a certain amount greater
than the asset schedule of the Maryland Medical Assistance
Program; and generally relating to the Maryland Pharmacy
Assistance Program.

FOR the purpose of altering the maximum allowable asset levels
for eligibility in the Maryland Pharmacy Assistance Program;
permitting the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to
increase the maximum allowable, income levels for eligibility
in the Maryland Pharmacy Assistance Program either when
federal social security benefits are increased or when the
State increases the medical assistance income schedules; and
generally relating to the Maryland Pharmacy Assistance
Program.                                               

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Health - General
Section 15-124(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1982 Volume and 1986 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - General

15-124.

(a) (1) The Department shall maintain a Maryland Pharmacy
Assistance Program for low income individuals whose:

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