WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 440

and generally relating to participation in the Maryland
Pharmacy Assistance Program.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Health - General

Section 15-124

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1987 Replacement Volume and 1988 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:

(i) Assets are not more than 1.5 times the
amount of accountable resources according to the asset schedule
of the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; and

(ii) Gross annual income does not exceed[:

1.  $4,600 plus $500 for each individual
over 1 in a family unit; and

2.  An annual increase set by the
Secretary under paragraph (2)(iii) of this subsection] THE
POVERTY INCOME GUIDELINES FOR A FAMILY OF 2 ISSUED ANNUALLY BY
THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1) of this
subsection, the Secretary shall:

(i) Define excluded assets;

(ii) Establish a family unit structure; and

(iii) Beginning July 1, [1985] 1989, increase
annually [at the time social security benefits are increased [or
at the time the State increases the medical assistance income
schedules], rounded to the next highest even $50 level,] the
income level within which an individual is eligible for benefits
under the Maryland Pharmacy Assistance Program [by the larger of:

1. The percentage by which benefits under
Title II of the Social Security Act (42 USC 401-433) are
increased by the federal government due to cost-of-living

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