2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 17b-362. (Formerly Sec. 17-134ii). Ten-day limit on first time maintenance drug prescription for Medicaid or ConnPACE recipient. Five-day supply of prescription drug may be requested for Medicaid patient.

      Sec. 17b-362. (Formerly Sec. 17-134ii). Ten-day limit on first time maintenance drug prescription for Medicaid or ConnPACE recipient. Five-day supply of prescription drug may be requested for Medicaid patient. (a) A prescription for a maintenance drug, as determined by the Commissioner of Social Services, dispensed for the first time to any Medicaid or ConnPACE recipient, shall be dispensed in an amount not greater than a ten-day supply.

      (b) Each nursing home which participates in the Medicaid program may request of the dispensing pharmacist that a prescription be dispensed in an amount equal to a five-day supply whenever (1) a drug product is prescribed for the first time for a patient who is a Medicaid recipient or (2) a refill of a prescription is necessary for such a patient and the patient's discharge from the home is imminent.

      (P.A. 92-231, S. 5, 10; P.A. 95-160, S. 27, 69; P.A. 96-139, S. 12, 13; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 131, 165.)

      History: Sec. 17-134ii transferred to Sec. 17b-362 in 1995; P.A. 95-160 deleted requirement that a nursing home participating in the Medicaid program request in writing that a prescription be dispensed, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-139 changed effective date of P.A. 95-160 but without affecting this section; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 added Subsec. (a) requiring a maintenance drug dispensed for the first time to a Medicaid or ConnPACE recipient to be dispensed in an amount no greater than a ten-day supply and designated existing provisions as Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 1997.