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| | | An Act To Amend the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program and |
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| | | the Elderly Low-cost Drug Program |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §254, sub-§4-A, as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. | | GGG, §3, is repealed and the following enacted in its place: |
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| | | 4-A.__Payment for drugs provided.__The commissioner may | | establish the amount of payment to be made by the program and by | | recipients of the program toward the cost of drugs and | | medications furnished under the program, including covered | | prescription and nonprescription drugs, medications and medical | | supplies, under the following terms. |
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| | | A.__For the basic component of the program, the total cost | | to a recipient for the purchase of any covered drug or | | medication may not exceed the sum of $2 plus 20% of the | | price allowed for that drug or medication under program | | rules. |
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| | | B.__For the supplemental component of the program, the total | | cost to a recipient for the purchase of any covered drug or | | medication may not exceed: |
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| | | (1)__For a brand name drug or medication, the cost of | | the program for that drug or medication minus the $2 | | paid by the program; and |
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