A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE Department of Health and Human Services, DIVISION OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, FOR THE PURCHASE OF A WIRELESS MEDICATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance, the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the 2005‑2006 fiscal year. These funds shall be used to purchase a wireless, handheld medication management program that will enable Medicaid providers access to patient‑specific medication histories, and allow providers to better manage their Medicaid patients and combat fraud and abuse in the Medicaid prescription drug benefit program.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2005.