Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 39-7,121c

  • Assistance: includes such items or functions as the giving or providing of money, food assistance, food, clothing, shelter, medicine or other materials, the giving of any service, including instructive or scientific. See Kansas Statutes 39-702
  • Recipient: means a person who has received assistance under the terms of this act. See Kansas Statutes 39-702
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

A prescription medication prescribed for a medicaid recipient or a person who becomes eligible for medicaid assistance shall not be subject to any requirement for prior authorization under the state medicaid plan unless (a) such prescription, including all authorized refills, has expired, or (b) the practitioner who prescribed the medication for such recipient prescribes a different medication.