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except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the total cost
paid by the individual for any covered purchase of a prescription
drug or medication may not exceed the cost of the program for
that drug or medication minus the $2 paid by the program. The
commissioner shall establish annual limits on the costs incurred
by eligible household members for prescriptions or
nonprescription drugs or medications covered under the program on
or prior to May 31, 2001, after which the program must pay 80% of
the cost of all prescriptions or nonprescription drugs or
medications covered by the supplemental component of the program
on May 31, 2001. The limits must be set by the commissioner by
rule as necessary to operate the program within the program
budget;

 
Sec. G-2. 22 MRSA §3173-C, sub-§7, ¶R, as amended by PL 2003, c. 451,
Pt. H, §1 and affected by §3, is further amended to read:

 
R. Federally qualified health center services, $3 per
patient day, effective July 1, 2004; and

 
Sec. G-3. 22 MRSA §3173-C, sub-§7, ¶S, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 20,
Pt. K, §8, is amended to read:

 
S. Rural health center services, $3 per patient day.; and

 
Sec. G-4. 22 MRSA §3173-C, sub-§7, ¶T is enacted to read:

 
T.__Nonemergency transportation, $3 per patient day, as
permitted by federal rule.__A copayment does not apply if
the member secures transportation from an associate or
relative.

 
Sec. G-5. 22 MRSA §3174-Q, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 696, Pt.
B, §2, is amended to read:

 
2. Services covered. Elimination of services, other than
elective medical procedures, covered under the program on August
1, 1996.

 
PART H

 
Sec. H-1. 22 MRSA §4311, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1993, c. 410, Pt.
AAA, §7, is further amended to read:

 
1. Departmental reimbursement. When a municipality incurs net
general assistance costs in any fiscal year in excess of .0003 of
that municipality's most recent state valuation relative to the
state fiscal year for which reimbursement is being issued, as
determined by the State Tax Assessor in the statement filed as


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