A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to Appropriate funds to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance, to establish a prescription drug 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 three million dollars ($3,000,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year. These funds shall be used to develop a prescription drug management program to monitor prescription use and to reimburse pharmacies an amount equal to the fees established in Section 10.11(a)(5) of S.L. 2005‑276. The reimbursement shall be for each prescription dispensed to a Medicaid recipient currently enrolled in Medicare Part D as of July 1, 2006.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.