Connecticut General Statutes Title 19A. Public Health and Well-Being § 19a-112h. State-wide human immunodeficiency virus pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis drug assistance program. Regulations

(a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall establish and contract for the administration of a state-wide human immunodeficiency virus pre-exposure prophylaxis and post-exposure prophylaxis drug assistance program using appropriated AIDS Services funding, provided such funding is equal to or greater than twenty-five thousand dollars annually. The program shall provide financial assistance to individuals at risk of acquiring human immunodeficiency for the purchase of pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis for human immunodeficiency virus prescribed by a licensed physician consistent with the recommendations of the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For the purposes of this subsection, “financial assistance” includes, but need not be limited to, payments for out-of-pocket costs, copayments, coinsurance, and up to full cost payments toward a deductible for individuals who are underinsured and for whom the program is the payer of last resort.

(b) The commissioner shall give priority for benefits under the program established pursuant to this section to individuals who have an increased risk of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus or who have had a recent exposure to such virus, but are unable to purchase pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis for human immunodeficiency virus and for whom the program is a payer of last resort.

(c) The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54  1 to implement the provisions of this section. The commissioner may implement policies and procedures necessary to administer the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures as regulations, provided notice of intent to adopt regulations is published on the eRegulations System not later than twenty days after the date of implementation. Policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this section shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.