CHAPTER 343

H.P. 923 - L.D. 1324

An Act To Improve Access to Affordable Prescription Drugs

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §2031, sub-§§1 and 4, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 12, Pt. PP, §1, are amended to read:

1. Council established. The Pharmaceutical Cost Management Council, referred to in this chapter as "the council," is established and consists of no more than 15 voting members appointed by the Governor as follows:

A. The Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services or the commissioner's designee;

B. The Commissioner of Health and Human Services or the commissioner's designee;

C. The Executive Director of the Workers' Compensation Board or the executive director's designee;

D. One representative of private payors who join the council;

E. One or more members member from each of the following publicly funded groups: