(1)__Provide coverage of drugs to the same extent that coverage is available to enrollees who are not eligible for Medicare Part D; and

(2)__Provide assistance with premiums and other cost- sharing requirements of Medicare Part D; and

H.__For enrollees who are MaineCare members and who are also beneficiaries under or eligible for Medicare Part D:

(1)__Provide coverage of drugs to the same extent that coverage is available to enrollees who are MaineCare members who are not eligible for Medicare Part D; and

(2) Provide assistance with the cost of prescription drugs and premiums and other cost-sharing requirements of Medicare Part D.

6.__Education, outreach and materials to increase access. The department shall provide education and outreach services to applicants and enrollees in the program, MaineCare members and beneficiaries under Medicare Part D to increase access to needed prescription and nonprescription drugs and fully use other private, state and federal programs. The department shall provide materials, which must cover the availability of benefits and the application process, must include brochures, posters for pharmacies and flyers for pharmacists to distribute with prescription drug purchases.

7.__Rulemaking.__The commissioner may adopt rules to implement the program. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

Sec. A-3. Emergency rules. Because of concerns regarding the anticipated scope of benefits and other factors that might limit access to medically necessary drugs provided under the federal Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 and the challenge of coordination of benefits under federal and state laws, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Governor shall convene a group of stakeholders of not more than 10 persons, appointed by the Commissioner of Health and Human Services, to advise and report to the department. After receiving the report of the stakeholders group and no later than January 1, 2006, the department shall adopt emergency rules for the elderly low-cost drug program under the Maine Revised