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House File 296

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  1  1    Section 1.  PRESCRIPTION DRUG PROGRAM – APPROPRIATION.
  1  2 There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to
  1  3 the Iowa department of public health for the fiscal year
  1  4 beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, the
  1  5 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
  1  6 used for the purpose designated:
  1  7    To provide direct services to participants in the program
  1  8 developed by the department as a result of the directive to
  1  9 the department under the federal Consolidated Appropriations
  1 10 Act, 2001, H.R. 4577 to establish and operate a mercantile
  1 11 prescription drug purchasing cooperative or nonprofit
  1 12 corporation demonstration:  
  1 13 .................................................. $  5,000,000
  1 14    For the purposes of this section, "direct services"
  1 15 includes but is not limited to all of the following:
  1 16    1.  Subsidization of the costs of pharmaceuticals purchased
  1 17 by members of the cooperative.
  1 18    2.  Subsidization of the membership fees of low-income
  1 19 members as determined by the department.
  1 20    3.  Provision of pharmaceutical assistance consumer
  1 21 education programs for seniors.
  1 22    4.  Any other direct service provided to members under the
  1 23 cooperative.  
  1 24                           EXPLANATION
  1 25    This bill appropriates $5 million to the Iowa department of
  1 26 public health for the 2001-2002 fiscal year to be used to
  1 27 provide direct services to participants in the prescription
  1 28 drug program which is to be developed by the Iowa department
  1 29 of public health under a directive of the federal Consolidated
  1 30 Appropriations Act, 2001.  The bill defines "direct services"
  1 31 for the purpose of the bill.  
  1 32 LSB 2086HH 79
  1 33 pf/pj/5
     

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