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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="15-136" title_number="15" title_name="Assistance Programs" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Medical and Pharmacy Assistance Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department shall use existing resources to establish a toll free Maryland Pharmacy Access Hotline that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Operates during regular business hours; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>During nonbusiness hours allows callers to leave a message.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Department shall distribute to all Program recipients information about the Maryland Pharmacy Access Hotline.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The information shall state clearly in easily readable print:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The toll free telephone number of the hotline; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>That the Program recipient should call the telephone number if the Program recipient is having problems getting necessary medicines.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Department shall notify all health care providers who participate in the Program about the Maryland Pharmacy Access Hotline.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Department shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Develop a methodology to track the number and type of calls received by the Maryland Pharmacy Access Hotline; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Provide a quarterly report to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee that summarizes the number and type of calls received by the Maryland Pharmacy Access Hotline.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
