__________ __________

Federal Expenditures Fund Total $0 $650,000

Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147

Initiative: Deappropriates and deallocates funds in the MaineCare pharmacy initiatives, including review of pharmacy use in certain supervised settings, stricter prior authorization criteria for the preferred drug list and request for federal permission to waive freedom of choice.

General Fund 2003-04 2004-05

All Other $0 ($6,250,000)

__________ __________

General Fund Total $0 ($6,250,000)

Federal Expenditures Fund 2003-04 2004-05

All Other $0 ($11,694,300)

__________ ____________

Federal Expenditures Fund Total $0 ($11,694,300)

Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147

Initiative: Deappropriates and deallocates funds by initiating a voluntary pharmacy mail order program for certain specialty drugs on the direct supply drug list and other MaineCare and low-cost drugs for the elderly prescriptions. The department is not authorized to implement any form of mandatory mail order program for the various drug programs referenced in this section or otherwise administered by the department unless the Legislature subsequently provides that authorization.

General Fund 2003-04 2004-05

All Other $0 ($5,000,000)

__________ __________

General Fund Total $0 ($5,000,000)

Federal Expenditures Fund 2003-04 2004-05

All Other $0 ($9,355,440)

__________ __________

Federal Expenditures Fund Total $0 ($9,355,440)

Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147

Initiative: Appropriates funds to be distributed to pharmacies as incentive payments to mitigate the impact on community pharmacies of initiating a voluntary pharmacy mail order program.

General Fund 2003-04 2004-05