Section 405IAC8-5-1. Auto-assignment

   (a) If, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, an applicant otherwise eligible for the Indiana prescription drug program has not selected a Medicare Part D plan, the program may randomly assign the member to a Medicare prescription drug plan that has contracted with the IPDP.

  (b) The applicant will be sent a letter notifying them that they will have at least twenty-five (25) calendar days to select a Medicare prescription drug plan that has contracted with the IPDP. If no selection has been made within the period of not less than twenty-five (25) calendar days, the office may auto-assign the applicant to a Medicare prescription drug plan that has entered into agreement with the IPDP. An applicant may opt out of the auto-assignment by calling or writing the IPDP before the end of the twenty-five (25) calendar day period.

  (c) Married couples auto-assigned by the office will be assigned to the same Medicare Part D plan when possible.

  (d) Any applicant that has not selected a Medicare Part D plan before the end of the initial enrollment period, that is otherwise eligible for the program, may be auto-assigned to a Medicare Part D plan, before the end of the twenty-five (25) calendar day opt-out period. (Office of the Secretary of Family and Social Services; 405 IAC 8-5-1; filed Mar 29, 2006, 2:19 p.m.: 29 IR 2531; readopted filed Jun 18, 2012, 11:19 a.m.: 20120718-IR-405120201RFA)