256.9364 Post-kidney transplant drug program.
Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner of human services shall establish and administer a program to pay for costs of drugs prescribed exclusively for post-kidney transplant maintenance when those costs are not otherwise reimbursed by a third-party payer. The commissioner may contract with a nonprofit entity to administer this program.
Subd. 2. Eligibility requirements. To be eligible for the program, an applicant must satisfy the following requirements:
(1) the applicant's family gross income must not exceed 275 percent of the federal poverty level; and
(2) the applicant must be a Minnesota resident who has resided in Minnesota for at least 12 months.
An applicant shall not be excluded because the applicant received the transplant outside the state of Minnesota, so long as the other requirements are met.
Subd. 3. Payment amounts. (a) The amount of the payments made for each eligible recipient shall be based on the following:
(1) available funds; and
(2) the cost of the post-kidney transplant maintenance drugs.
(b) The payment rate under this program must be no greater than the medical assistance reimbursement rate for the prescribed drug.
(c) Payments shall be made to or on behalf of an eligible recipient for the cost of the post-kidney transplant maintenance drugs that is not covered, reimbursed, or eligible for reimbursement by any other third party or government entity, including, but not limited to, private or group health insurance, medical assistance, Medicare, the Veterans Administration, the senior citizen drug program established under section 256.955, or under any waiver arrangement received by the state to provide a prescription drug benefit for qualified Medicare beneficiaries or service-limited Medicare beneficiaries.
(d) The commissioner may restrict or categorize payments to meet the appropriation allocated for this program.
(e) Any cost of the post-kidney transplant maintenance drugs that is not reimbursed under this program is the responsibility of the program recipient.
Subd. 4. Drug formulary. The commissioner shall maintain a drug formulary that includes all drugs eligible for reimbursement by the program. The commissioner may use the drug formulary established under section 256B.0625, subdivision 13. The commissioner shall establish an internal review procedure for updating the formulary that allows for the addition and deletion of drugs to the formulary. The drug formulary must be reviewed at least quarterly per fiscal year.
Subd. 5. Private donations. The commissioner may accept funding from other public or private sources.
Subd. 6. Sunset. This program expires on July 1, 2000.
HIST: 1998 c 407 art 4 s 6
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