Increasing Access to Affordable Prescription Drugs
...WHEREAS, the States CoppeRx[SM] Card program, which arose as a result of Executive Order 2003-03, has saved seniors and medically disabled persons in Arizona over $11.5 million...
NOW, THEREFORE, [the Governor orders]
1. AHCCCS [Arizona Health Card Cost Containment System] is hereby directed to develop and implement a plan for offering a prescription drug discount card program, comparable to the CoppeRx[SM] Card, to all Arizonans, regardless of age or Medicare eligibility status....
4. AHCCCS shall endeavor to have the discount card program contemplated by this Order in place and available for Arizonans by January 1, 2006.