Connecticut 2016 2016 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05283 Comm Sub / Bill

Filed 03/22/2016

                    General Assembly  Raised Bill No. 5283
February Session, 2016  LCO No. 299
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Referred to Committee on AGING
Introduced by:
(AGE)

General Assembly

Raised Bill No. 5283 

February Session, 2016

LCO No. 299

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Referred to Committee on AGING 

Introduced by:

(AGE)

AN ACT RESTORING STATE ASSISTANCE FOR MEDICARE PART D BENEFICIARIES. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 17b-265d of the 2016 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):

(c) A full benefit dually eligible Medicare Part D beneficiary shall be responsible for any Medicare Part D prescription drug copayments imposed pursuant to Public Law 108-173, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 in an amount not to exceed fifteen dollars per month in the aggregate. The Department of Social Services shall be responsible for payment, on behalf of such beneficiary, of any Medicare Part D prescription drug copayment in any month in which such copayment amounts exceed fifteen dollars in the aggregate.

 


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2016 17b-265d(c)

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

Section 1

July 1, 2016

17b-265d(c)

 

AGE Joint Favorable

AGE

Joint Favorable