Qualified SPAPs - Kaiser State Health Facts

	Has a Qualified State Pharmaceutical Assistance Program Under the MMA?	SPAP Name

United States	20 Yes	NA

Alabama	No	NA
Alaska	Yes1	SeniorCare
Arizona	No	NA
Arkansas	No	NA
California	No	NA
Colorado	No	NA
Connecticut	Yes	Connecticut Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract to the Elderly and the Disabled (ConnPACE)
Delaware	Yes	Prescription Assistance Program
District of Columbia	No	NA
Florida	No	NA
Georgia	No	NA
Hawaii	No	NA
Idaho	No	NA
Illinois	Yes	Illinois Cares Basic, Illinois Cares Plus
Indiana	Yes	HoosierRx
Iowa	No	NA
Kansas	No	NA
Kentucky	No	NA
Louisiana	No	NA
Maine	Yes	Low Cost Drugs for the Elderly and Disabled Program
Maryland	Yes	Maryland Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program
Massachusetts	Yes	Prescription Advantage
Michigan	No	NA
Minnesota	No	NA
Mississippi	No	NA
Missouri	Yes	Missouri Rx Plan
Montana	Yes	Big Sky Rx Program
Nebraska	No	NA
Nevada	Yes	Disability Rx Program; Senior Rx Program
New Hampshire	No	NA
New Jersey	Yes	Prescription Assistance to the Aged and Disabled (PAAD)
New Mexico	No	NA
New York	Yes	Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC)
North Carolina	Yes	NCRx
North Dakota	No	NA
Ohio	No	NA
Oklahoma	No	NA
Oregon	No	NA
Pennsylvania	Yes	Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly (PACE); PACE Needs Enhancement Tier (PACENET)
Rhode Island	Yes	Rhode Island Prescription Assistance for the Elderly (RIPAE)
South Carolina	Yes	Gap Assistance Prescription Program for Seniors (GAPS)
South Dakota	No	NA
Tennessee	No	NA
Texas	No	NA
Utah	No	NA
Vermont	Yes	V-Pharm
Virginia	Yes	Virginia Department of Health HIV SPAP
Washington	No	NA
West Virginia	No	NA
Wisconsin	Yes1	SeniorCare
Wyoming	No	NA

Guam	NA	NA
Puerto Rico	NA	NA
Virgin Islands	Yes	Senior Citizens Affairs Pharmaceutical Assistance Program (SCAPAP)

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Notes:	Data as of June 2007. U.S. total does not include territories. The Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act (MMA) was signed into law December 8, 2003 and added prescription drug coverage to Medicare (Medicare Part D), beginning on January 1, 2006. The MMA will allow State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs (SPAPs) to coordinate with Part D plans to provide financial assistance for "the purchase or provision of supplemental prescription drug coverage or benefits on behalf of Part D eligible individuals." To be considered "qualified" CMS requires the SPAP to meet the following requirements: the SPAP provides financial assistance for the purchase or provision of supplemental prescription drug coverage or benefits on behalf of Part D eligible individuals; provides assistance to such individuals in all available Part D programs; coordinates coverage with the Part D program; will not change the primary payer status of a Part D plan; provides supplemental drug coverage to individuals based financial need, age, or medical condition, and not based on current or former employment status; and does not receive Federal funding.
Sources:	The Role of State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs in Serving Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries Following the Implementation of Medicare Part D, Kaiser Family Foundation, available at http://www.kff.org/medicare/7676.cfm.
Definitions:	State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs (SPAPs): State-funded programs that provide low-income and medically needy senior citizens and individuals with disabilities financial assistance for prescription drugs. MMA: The Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act (See Notes) NA: Not Applicable
Footnotes:	Alaska's SeniorCare program was due to sunset June 30th, 2007 and Wisconsin's SeniorCare program is scheduled to terminate on December 31, 2009.

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