E.__"Manufacturer" means a manufacturer of prescription drugs and includes a subsidiary or affiliate of the manufacturer or a person or entity that receives prescription drugs from a manufacturer or wholesaler and repackages those drugs for later retail sale and has a labeler code from the federal Food and Drug Administration under 21 Code of Federal Regulations, 207.20 (1999).

F.__"Medicare Part D" means the prescription drug benefit program provided under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, Public Law 108- 173.

G.__"Program" means the elderly low-cost drug program authorized in this section.

H.__"Wholesale price" means the average price paid by a wholesaler to a manufacturer for a product distributed for retail sale.__"Wholesale price" includes a deduction for any customary prompt payment discounts.

2.__Administration.__The commissioner shall provide sufficient personnel to ensure efficient administration of the program.__The commissioner shall determine the extent and the magnitude of the program on the basis of the calculated need of the recipient population and the available funds.__The department may not spend more on this program than is available through appropriations from the General Fund, dedicated revenue, federal or other grants and other established and committed funding sources.__The commissioner may accept, for the purposes of carrying out this program, federal funds appropriated under any federal law relating to the furnishing of free or low-cost drugs to disadvantaged, elderly or disabled individuals and may take such action as is necessary for the purposes of carrying out that federal law and may accept from any other agency of government, individual, group or corporation such funds as may be available to carry out this chapter.__The department may establish priorities of coverage and cost-sharing with available funds.__ Funds appropriated from the General Fund to carry out the purposes of this section may not lapse but must carry from year to year.

3.__Applications. The commissioner shall make available suitable applications for benefits under the program with instructions for applicants.__Individuals who are eligible for