GENERAL FUND TOTAL ($500,000) ($250,000) ($250,000)

CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF

DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07

GENERAL FUND ($500,000) ($250,000) ($250,000)

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DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS ($500,000) ($250,000) ($250,000)

PART PP

Sec. PP-1. 5 MRSA c. 165 is enacted to read:

CHAPTER 165

PHARMACEUTICAL COST MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

§2031.__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 no more than 15 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 payors who join the council;

E.__One or more members from each of the following publicly funded groups:

(1)__The Maine state employees health insurance program, one member representing labor and one member representing management;

(2)__The University of Maine System; and

(3)__The Maine Community College System;