D.__To establish eligibility, each person must apply for a plan card, pay to the fund the premium determined applicable pursuant to section 374, subsection 1, paragraph B and satisfy the application requirements established by the agency.

3.__Health care benefits.__As provided in this subsection, the plan must provide coverage for health care services from participating providers within this State if those services are necessary or appropriate for the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of, or maintenance or rehabilitation following, injury, disability or disease.__The agency shall adopt rules regarding provision of the following covered health care services:

A.__Hospital services;

B.__Medical and other professional services furnished by participating providers;

C.__Laboratory tests and imaging procedures;

D.__Home health care for persons requiring services performed by or under the supervision of professional or technical personnel, including, but not limited to, home care for acute illness, personal care attendant services and the medical component of home care for chronic illness.__ Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the plan may use copayments for permanent care services;

E.__Rehabilitative services for persons receiving therapeutic care;

F.__Prescription drugs and devices.__Unless the prescribing practitioner certifies that a more expensive drug is medically necessary, the plan may cover only part of the cost of a drug dispensed in a package or form of dosage or administration when the agency determines that a less expensive package or form of dosage or administration is available that is pharmaceutically equivalent in its therapeutic effect.__If a plan member chooses to purchase a more expensive drug under this paragraph, the plan member is responsible for paying the amount not covered by the plan;

G.__Mental health services;

H.__Substance abuse treatment;