Sec. KK-1. 5 MRSA §1507, as amended by PL 2003, c. 114, §1 and c. 689, Pt. B, §§6 and 7, is further amended by adding at the end a new paragraph to read:

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the funds remaining in the State Contingent Account are not sufficient to address a purpose consistent with the purposes specified in subsection 4, the Governor may upon consultation with the State Budget Officer access any funds available to the State.__The Governor shall identify by financial order the account, fund or other source from which payment is made.

PART LL

Sec. LL-1. 5 MRSA c. 164 is enacted to read:

CHAPTER 164

PHARMACEUTICAL COST MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

§2001.__Pharmaceutical Cost Management Council

1.__ Council established. The Pharmaceutical Cost Management Council, referred to in this chapter as "the council," is established and consists of 8 members as follows:

A.__The Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services or the commissioner's designee;

B.__The Commissioner of Health and Human Services or the commissioner's designee;

C.__The executive director of the Workers' Compensation Board or the executive director's designee;

D.__One representative of private payers who join the council;

E.__One member from each of the following publicly funded groups:

(1)__The Maine state employees health insurance program;

(2)__The Maine Education Association's benefits trust; and