LD 274
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Sec. 27. 22 MRSA §330, sub-§5-A is enacted to read:

 
5-A.__Assisted housing.__Assisted housing programs and
services regulated under chapter 1664;

 
Sec. 28. 22 MRSA §2061, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1993, c. 390, §24,
is further amended to read:

 
2. Review. Each project for a health care facility has
been reviewed and approved to the extent required by the
agency of the State that serves as the Designated Planning
Agency of the State or by the Department of Human Services in
accordance with the provisions of the former Maine Certificate
of Need Act of 1978, as amended, or the Maine Certificate of
Need Act of 2002, as amended, or, in the case of a project for
a hospital, has been reviewed and approved by the former Maine
Health Care Finance Commission to the extent required by
former chapter 107;

 
Sec. 29. 22 MRSA §3174-R, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 643, Pt. RR,
§5, is amended to read:

 
§3174-R. Medicaid drug rebate program

 
The department shall enter into a drug rebate agreement with
each manufacturer of prescription drugs under the Medicaid
program, in accordance with Section 1927 of the federal Social
Security Act, as long as the agreements are consistent with
state and federal law, are approved by the federal Health Care
Finance Administration and result in a net increase in rebate
revenue available to the Maine Medicaid Program. Individual
rebate agreements may vary. The department shall seek to
achieve an aggregate rebate amount from all agreements that is
at least 6 percentage points higher than the percentage of the
total Medicaid drug expenditures that the rebates would
otherwise be under Section 1927 of the federal Social Security
Act. Any increase in revenue from the Medicaid drug rebate
program over accepted estimates as of the effective date of
this section June 30, 1998 that results in a higher percentage
of the total Medicaid drug rebates must be reserved to provide
coverage pursuant to section 3174-G, subsection 1-A 1-C. In
the event that the department is not able to achieve the
rebate amount required by this section without compromising
the best interest of Medicaid recipients and the Medicaid drug
rebate program, the department shall report to the joint
standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over
health and human services matters and the joint standing
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over
appropriations and financial affairs in the next regular
session of the 119th Legislature.


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