10a ncac 39a .1305       APPLICATION PROCESS

(a)  Applications for enrollment shall be submitted on forms provided by the Prescription Drug Assistance Program, North Carolina Division of Public Health, 1915 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1915.

(b)  Notification of approval or denial of enrollment shall be sent to applicants within 30 calendar days of receipt of application.

(c)  Benefits shall be effective upon receipt of a program identification card by the enrollee.

(d) All program identification cards and benefits shall expire on June 30 of each year.

(e)  In order to continue receiving benefits, enrollees shall reapply prior to July 1 of each year on forms provided by the Prescription Drug Assistance Program, North Carolina Division of Public Health, 1915 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1915, except that persons receiving Medicaid benefits as Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries or Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries shall not be required to reapply.  Applications for enrollment received after July 1 of each year will be processed on a first-come first served basis subject to the availability of funds.

History Note:        Authority S.L. 1999, c. 237, s. 11.1.(a);

Temporary Adoption Eff. February 10, 2000;

Eff. April 1, 2001.