Sec. 7.
(1) To assist in implementing this act, the department may utilize the office of services to the aging, area agencies on aging, senior citizens centers, or other senior focused entities, to provide outreach, enrollment assistance, and education services to potentially eligible seniors for both the EPIC and medicaid programs.
(2) To assist in determining the coverage appropriate under the provisions of this act, the department shall establish an advisory committee. The committee shall consist of consumer representatives, members with knowledge in the areas of pharmacology, geriatrics, development and review of budgetary issues and practice, and policy development, and 1 member of each appropriations committee, or his or her designee, as appointed by the respective chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives appropriations committees. The advisory committee shall meet at least once each year.
History: 2000, Act 499, Eff. Oct. 1, 2001
Last modified: October 10, 2016