Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-1010.22
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Establishment of program – Services to be offered –
Official statutory text
Target population.
A. The Department of Human Services shall establish a program
through which health care providers and members of the public can
obtain information about manufacturer-sponsored prescription drug
assistance programs and shall provide such information to
pharmacies, physicians and other appropriate health care providers,
and to the general public. The Department shall ensure that the
program has staff available who can, at a minimum:
1. Determine whether a pharmaceutical program is offered for
the drug or drugs;
2. Determine whether a person is eligible for assistance
through a pharmaceutical program; and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 56. Poor Persons Page 227
3. Assist a person to make application to and enroll in a
pharmaceutical assistance program.
B. Initial implementation of the program shall target senior
citizens and shall utilize the existing toll-free Senior Info-Line
telephone number for senior citizen services.
C. The Department shall implement additional strategies,
subject to available resources and the recommendations of the
Oklahoma Pharmacy Connection Council, to improve access to
prescription drugs for citizens who have no or inadequate health
insurance or other resources for the purchase of medically necessary
prescription drugs.
D. The Department may apply for and accept grants or gifts and
may enter into contracts with other state agencies or private
organizations to assist with the implementation of the Oklahoma
Pharmacy Connection Program including, but not limited to,
contracts, gifts or grants from pharmaceutical manufacturers to
assist with the direct costs of the program, and take such other
action as necessary and appropriate to accomplish the purposes of
and implement the provisions of the Oklahoma Pharmacy Connection
Program.
E. The Department of Human Services shall notify pharmaceutical
companies doing business in Oklahoma of the Oklahoma Pharmacy
Connection Program. Any pharmaceutical company that does business
in this state and that offers a pharmaceutical assistance program
shall notify the Department of Human Services of the existence of
the program, the drugs covered by the program, and all information
necessary to apply for assistance under the program.
A. The Department of Human Services shall establish a program
through which health care providers and members of the public can
obtain information about manufacturer-sponsored prescription drug
assistance programs and shall provide such information to
pharmacies, physicians and other appropriate health care providers,
and to the general public. The Department shall ensure that the
program has staff available who can, at a minimum:
1. Determine whether a pharmaceutical program is offered for
the drug or drugs;
2. Determine whether a person is eligible for assistance
through a pharmaceutical program; and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 56. Poor Persons Page 227
3. Assist a person to make application to and enroll in a
pharmaceutical assistance program.
B. Initial implementation of the program shall target senior
citizens and shall utilize the existing toll-free Senior Info-Line
telephone number for senior citizen services.
C. The Department shall implement additional strategies,
subject to available resources and the recommendations of the
Oklahoma Pharmacy Connection Council, to improve access to
prescription drugs for citizens who have no or inadequate health
insurance or other resources for the purchase of medically necessary
prescription drugs.
D. The Department may apply for and accept grants or gifts and
may enter into contracts with other state agencies or private
organizations to assist with the implementation of the Oklahoma
Pharmacy Connection Program including, but not limited to,
contracts, gifts or grants from pharmaceutical manufacturers to
assist with the direct costs of the program, and take such other
action as necessary and appropriate to accomplish the purposes of
and implement the provisions of the Oklahoma Pharmacy Connection
Program.
E. The Department of Human Services shall notify pharmaceutical
companies doing business in Oklahoma of the Oklahoma Pharmacy
Connection Program. Any pharmaceutical company that does business
in this state and that offers a pharmaceutical assistance program
shall notify the Department of Human Services of the existence of
the program, the drugs covered by the program, and all information
necessary to apply for assistance under the program.
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