2016 Delaware Code
Title 16 - Health and Safety
CHAPTER 30B. PRESCRIPTION DRUG PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
§ 3003B. Definitions.

(a) "Department'' shall mean the Department of Health and Social Services.

(b) "Eligible person'' shall mean a person eligible for the Delaware Prescription Drug Payment Assistance Program pursuant to § 3004B of this title.

(c) "Prescription drugs'' shall mean drugs and supplies that have been approved as safe and effective by the Federal Food and Drug Administration or are otherwise legally marketed in the United States, including items related to diabetes management, if not covered by Medicare, that a physician has deemed medically necessary for the diagnosis and/or treatment of the patient. For the purposes of this chapter, prescription drugs may include cost effective over-the-counter pharmaceutical products if prescribed by a health care provider authorized to prescribe prescription drugs as an alternative to more costly drugs. Prescription drugs covered under this chapter shall be limited and subject to the provisions of § 3005B of this title and the rules and regulation adopted pursuant thereto.

(d) The "Program'' shall mean the Prescription Drug Payment Assistance Program.

(e) "Secretary'' shall mean the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services.

(f) "Medicare Part D costs'' shall mean monthly premiums, deductibles and those drug costs falling into Part D coverage gap up to the Program benefit limits and subject to program co-pay requirements as described in § 3005B(a)(4) of this title. Medicare Part D costs do not include Medicare Part D co-payments.

72 Del. Laws, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 259, § 1; 75 Del. Laws, c. 17, § 2.;