| | | Sec. 1. Study and report. Resolved: That the Department of Human | | Services shall study and by January 1, 2004 shall provide a | | report to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human | | Services on the feasibility of providing discounted | | prescription drugs to Maine's most vulnerable patient | | populations through the use of Section 340B of the federal | | Public Health Service Act, 42 United States Code, Section 256b | | (1999), referred to in this resolve as "Section 340B." The | | department shall work with other state agencies, | | representatives of state employees and representatives of | | health care providers and facilities in the State to provide | | the following information: |
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| | | 1. Covered entities. A description of all health care | | providers and facilities in the State potentially eligible for | | designation as "covered entities" under Section 340B, | | including without limitation all hospitals eligible as | | disproportionate share hospitals; recipients of grants from | | the United States Public Health Service; federally qualified | | health centers; federally qualified look-alikes; state- | | operated AIDS drug assistance programs; Ryan White CARE Act | | Title I, Title II and Title III programs; tuberculosis, black | | lung, family planning and sexually transmitted disease | | clinics; hemophilia treatment centers; public housing primary | | care clinics; and clinics for homeless people; |
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| | | 2. Potential applications and benefits. A listing of | | potential applications of Section 340B and the potential | | benefits to public, private and 3rd-party payors for | | prescription drugs, including without limitation: |
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| | | A. Application to inmates and employees in youth | | correctional facilities, county jails and state prisons; |
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| | | B. Maximizing the use of Section 340B within state-funded | | managed care plans; |
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| | | C. Including Section 340B providers in state bulk | | purchasing initiatives; and |
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| | | D. Utilizing sole source contracts with Section 340B | | providers to furnish high-cost chronic care drugs; |
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| | | 3. Section 340B discounts. Discounts available through | | Section 340B contracts, including estimated costs savings to | | the State as a result of retail mark-up avoidance, negotiated | | subceiling prices and coordination with the MaineCare program | | in order to minimize costs to the program and to other | | purchasers of prescription drugs; and |
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