| 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 person | outside the facility.__In the case of outpatient hospital | services, this limitation is deemed to have been met if the | department or its contracted medical provider pays a percentage, | determined by the Department of Human Services, of the published | MaineCare rate. |
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| | Sec. E-3. PL 2001, c. 659, Pt. H, §1 is repealed and the following | enacted in its place: |
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| | Sec. H-1.__Use of medications to treat mentally ill persons.__The Department of | Corrections formulary of medications to treat persons with mental | illness must be comparable to the formulary used by the State's | mental health institutes and must be consistent with the | MaineCare program.__The department shall ensure that effective | medications are available and used and that clinical care needs | primarily govern the use of medications.__The department may | create and implement a preferred drug list. |
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| | Sec. F-1. General Purpose Aid for Local Schools; lapsed balances. | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $1,365,855 of the | unencumbered balance forward in fiscal year 2003-04 in the | General Purpose Aid for Local Schools, General Fund account in | the Department of Education lapses to the General Fund no later | than June 30, 2004. |
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| | Sec. G-1. 22 MRSA §254, sub-§4-A, as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. | GGG, §3, is further amended to read: |
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| | 4-A. Payment for drugs provided. The commissioner may | establish the amount of payment to be made by recipients toward | the cost of prescription or nonprescription drugs, medication and | medical supplies furnished under this program as long as, for | persons at or below 185% of the federal poverty line, the total | cost for any covered purchase of a prescription or | nonprescription drug or medication provided under the basic | component of the program or the total cost of any covered | purchase of a generic prescription drug or medication under the | supplemental component of the program does not exceed the sum of | $2 plus 20% of the price allowed for that prescription under | program rules. For the supplemental component of the program |
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