173.70 Programs for the provision of outpatient prescription drug discounts. - Ohio Statutes

173.70 Programs for the provision of outpatient prescription drug discounts.

(A) The director of aging may enter into a contract with any person under which the person operates a program for the provision of outpatient prescription drug discounts to any or all of the following:

(1)Individuals who are sixty years of age or older;

(2)Individuals whose family incomes do not exceed three hundred per cent of the federal poverty guidelines, as revised annually by the United States department of health and human services in accordance with section 673(2) of the “Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981,” 95 Stat. 511, 42 U.S.C. 9902, as amended;

(3) Individuals who are persons with disabilities, as defined in section 173.06 of the Revised Code.

(B) The director may disclose to the person under contract information that identifies the individuals who participated in and individuals who applied for participation in the Ohio’s best Rx program that was operated under former sections 173.71 to 173.91 of the Revised Code.

Added by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 7/17/2009.