Qualified SPAPs Eligibility - Kaiser State Health Facts

	Program Name	Income Limit	Asset Test	Includes Medicare's Senior Population (age 65 and over)	Includes Medicare's Disability Population (less than age 65)	Must Apply for Part D	Part D LIS Application Required

United States	NA	25 Yes	2 Yes	24 Yes	14 Yes	21 Yes	17 Yes

Alabama	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Alaska	SeniorCare	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Arizona	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Arkansas	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
California	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Colorado	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Connecticut	Connecticut Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract to the Elderly and the Disabled (ConnPACE)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Delaware	Prescription Assistance Program	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes 1
District of Columbia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Florida	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Georgia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hawaii	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Idaho	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Illinois	Illinois Cares Plus, Illinois Cares Basic	Yes, Yes	No, No2	Yes, Yes	No, Yes	Yes, Yes	Yes, Yes
Indiana	HoosierRx	Yes	No2	Yes	No	Yes	Yes 3
Iowa	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kansas	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kentucky	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Louisiana	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Maine	Low Cost Drugs for the Elderly and Disabled Program	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Maryland	Maryland Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program	Yes	No 2	Yes	No	Yes	Yes 1
Massachusetts	Prescription Advantage	Yes	No2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes3
Michigan	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Minnesota	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Mississippi	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Missouri	Missouri Rx Plan	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Montana	Big Sky Rx Program	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Nebraska	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Nevada	Disability Rx Program; Senior Rx Program	Yes, Yes	No, No	Yes, No	Yes (>age 62), Yes	Yes, Yes	Yes, Yes
New Hampshire	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
New Jersey	SeniorGold, Prescription Assistance to the Aged and Disabled (PAAD)	Yes, Yes	No, No2	Yes, Yes	Yes, Yes	Yes, Yes	Yes, Yes
New Mexico	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
New York	Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC)	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
North Carolina	NCRx	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes 3
North Dakota	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Ohio	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Oklahoma	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Oregon	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Pennsylvania	Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly (PACE); PACE Needs Enhancement Tier (PACENET)	Yes, Yes	No, No	Yes, Yes	No, No	No, No	No, No
Rhode Island	Rhode Island Prescription Assistance for the Elderly (RIPAE)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes (>age 55)	Yes	Yes3
South Carolina	Gap Assistance Prescription Program for Seniors (GAPS)	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
South Dakota	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Tennessee	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Texas	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Utah	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Vermont	V-Pharm	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Virginia	Virginia Department of Health HIV SPAP	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Washington	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
West Virginia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Wisconsin	SeniorCare	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Wyoming	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA

Guam	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Puerto Rico	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Virgin Islands	Senior Citizens Affairs Pharmaceutical Assistance Program (SCAPAP)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes (>age 60)	Yes	No

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Notes:	Data as of June 2007. U.S. totals do not include territories.
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:	LIS: low-income subsidy.
Footnotes:	Applicant must provide proof of LIS approval or denial. State does not have asset test to determine eligibility but the application includes questions about assets to send to the SSA for LIS determination. Applicant must not be eligible for LIS.

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