A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to direct the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance, to pay pharmacies for prescription management services rendered to medicaid recipients.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance, shall use funds appropriated for the Medicaid Program for 2006‑2007 to pay pharmacies for prescription management services in an amount equal to the professional services fees established in Section 10.11(a)(5) of S.L. 2005‑276 for each prescription dispensed to a Medicaid recipient currently enrolled in Medicare Part D.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.