Reimbursement of recipients by state department

Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the state department may not reimburse an eligible recipient under the post-organ transplant program for drug costs that are reimbursed or eligible for reimbursement by a governmental entity or other third party, including Medicaid, Medicare, the Veterans Administration, a health insurance company, or a health maintenance organization. (b) The state health commissioner may waive the requirements of subsection (a) on a case by case basis if the commissioner determines that enforcement of subsection (a) will deny services to a class of post-organ transplant patients because of conflicting state or federal law. (c) The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to ensure that all required benefit payments for post-organ transplant drugs under subsection (a) are properly paid. As added by P.L.27-1999, SEC.2.