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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.

 
Sec. E-3. PL 2001, c. 659, Pt. H, §1 is repealed and the following
enacted in its place:

 
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.

 
PART F

 
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.

 
PART G

 
Sec. G-1. 22 MRSA §254, sub-§4-A, as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt.
GGG, §3, is further amended to read:

 
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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