For the purposes of this chapter: (1) “Certified individual” means an individual who has been certified to participate in the Program under section 43, subsection (b) of this chapter; (2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Human Services; (3) “Disabled person” means any individual who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or […]
(a) The Commissioner shall establish and implement a program to provide financial assistance to certain individuals 60 years of age and over and disabled persons for their acquisition of prescription drugs, including refills of prescription drugs, to provide limited medical supplies and equipment used in the care of chronic diseases, including respiratory diseases, diabetes and […]
(a) Any resident of the territory 60 years of age, or over and any disabled person who is a resident of the territory regardless of age whose household income meets the Federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) low-income guidelines for the Virgin Islands as published annually by HUD or $30,000, whichever is higher in the […]
(a) An individual, otherwise eligible to participate in the Program, must, prior to receiving any benefit from the Program, file with the Commissioner a written, signed application to participate in the Program. Such applications shall be on forms provided for that purpose by the Commissioner and shall contain such information as the Commissioner deems necessary […]
(a) Each individual certified to participate in the Program under section 43, subsection (b) of this chapter, shall remain so for a period of one (1) year from the date of such certification. (b) Any individual certified to participate in the Program under section 43, subsection (b) of this chapter who desires to continue to […]
(a) In order to receive the benefits of the Program, a certified individual must present his identification card, provided for in section 43 of this chapter, and pay in full a copayment of six dollars ($6.00) to a pharmacy for the first prescription drug, and a one dollar co-payment for each additional prescription drug. (b) […]
(a) An otherwise eligible individual whose prescription drug costs are wholly covered by another plan of assistance or insurance shall be ineligible for assistance under the provisions of this chapter except that applicants to the Program who are insured under a private insurance policy with limited prescription coverage and who expect to exhaust such coverage […]
(a) An individual determined not eligible to participate in the Program under section 43, subsection (b) of this chapter may, within ten (10) days from the date of receipt of the written determination, file a petition with the Commissioner to reconsider the determination of ineligibility and the reasons therefor. The Commissioner shall, within twenty (20) […]
(a) No later than ninety (90) days from the date of enactment of this chapter, the Commissioner shall notify, in writing, each pharmacy in the Territory of the existence of the Program established by this chapter and that only those pharmacies which file written notices of intention to participate with the Commissioner of Human Services […]
(a) The Commissioner is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (b) The Commissioner shall, within ninety (90) days from the date of enactment of this chapter and periodically thereafter, cause to be published in two (2) newspapers of general circulation within the Territory, notices informing the […]
