Sec. DD-2. 22 MRSA §3521, as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. K, §13, is further amended to read:

§3521. Medical eye care program

The department shall provide medical eye services, within the amounts appropriated by the Legislature, including corrective glasses, to individuals who have an annual income not exceeding 80% of the State's median income adjusted for family size and who have: 185% of the federal poverty level, who have no other creditable coverage and who have a significant eye disorder that, if untreated, is expected to progress to blindness.

1. Eye disorder. A significant eye disorder that, if untreated, may progress to blindness; or

2. Visual acuity of 20/70 or worse. A visual acuity after correction of 20/70 or worse in the better eye.

The department shall, after hearing, in a manner consistent with the Maine Administrative Procedure Act, adopt rules governing eligibility, application procedures, services covered and reimbursement procedures, including member responsibility for a $10 copayment for prescriptions; a $10 copayment for an office visit to a physician, optometrist or optician; and a $50 copayment for a hospital procedure or an ambulatory surgical center procedure. The medical eye care program provided under this section is the payor of last resort. The authority to adopt rules granted by this paragraph is deemed to be the same authority granted by former section 3501-B.

Sec. DD-3. 22 MRSA §4326 is enacted to read:

§4326.__Nonlapsing funds

Any balance remaining in the General Assistance - Reimbursement to Cities and Towns program in the Department of Human Services at the end of any fiscal year must be carried forward for the next fiscal year.

Sec. DD-4. 36 MRSA §191, sub-§2, ¶F, as amended by PL 2001, c. 23, §1, is further amended to read:

F. The transmission of information among employees of the Bureau of Revenue Services for the purposes of enforcing the tax laws of this State and the delivery by a register of deeds to the State Tax Assessor or delivery by the State Tax