Sec. C-2. Transfer of funds. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State Controller shall transfer $103,566 from the Maine Milk Pool, Other Special Revenue Funds account in the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund no later than June 30, 2004.

PART D

Sec. D-1. Division of Forest Fire Control; lapsed balances. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $207,187 of unencumbered balance forward in fiscal year 2003-04 in the Division of Forest Fire Control, General Fund account in the Department of Conservation lapses to the General Fund in fiscal year 2003-04.

PART E

Sec. E-1. 30-A MRSA §1561, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 461, §1, is amended to read:

4. Limitation on reimbursement rate to medical service providers for services outside county jail. A county may pay to a provider of a medical service for a prisoner an amount no greater than the reimbursement rate applicable to that provider and that service as established by rule of the Department of Human Services for the MaineCare program under Title 22. This limitation applies to all medical care services, goods, prescription drugs and medications provided to a prisoner outside the county jail. In the case of outpatient hospital services, this limitation is deemed to have been met if the county or its

contracted medical provider pays a percentage, as determined by the Department of Human Services, of the published MaineCare rate.

Sec. E-2. 34-A MRSA §3031-B is enacted to read:

§3031-B.__Limitation on reimbursement rate to medical service

providers for services outside department facility

Effective July 1, 2004, the department or its contracted medical provider may pay to a provider of a medical service for a person residing in a correctional or detention facility an amount