New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 167 - PHARMACEUTICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE AGED AND DISABLED ELIGIBILITY MANUAL
Subchapter 6 - ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Section 10:167-6.5 - Recipient of other assistance and pharmaceutical coverage
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The State statute provides that any person shall be ineligible for PAAD if he/she is otherwise qualified for assistance under the Act of which the PAAD Act is a supplement (Chapter 413, Laws of 1968). This is interpreted to mean that a State resident 65 years of age or older cannot be eligible for PAAD when receiving Medicaid benefits.
(b) The State statute further provides that any otherwise eligible person whose prescription drug costs are wholly covered by any other plan of assistance or insurance shall be ineligible for PAAD.
(c) A PAAD applicant shall supply the PAAD Program with sufficient information for PAAD to apply for Medicare Part D coverage on behalf of the applicant.
(d) The applicant, having provided all the necessary information to the PAAD Program, shall be enrolled in a Medicare Part D plan, except in the following cases: