An Act Amend the bill by striking out all of section and inserting in its place the following: Sec. 12. Transfer for Maine Rx Plus Program. Notwi thstanding any other provision of law, the State Controller shall transfer $800,000 in fiscal year 2003-04 and $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2004-05 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to the Maine Rx, Other Special Revenue Funds account within the Department· of Human Services. These fund~-: must be used for the implementation and operations of the Maine Rx Plus Program. SUMMARY This amendment removes the appropriation and allocation section of the bill and instead transfers funds from the General Fund to the existing Maine Rx, Other Special Revenue Funds account within the Department of Human Services. FISCAL :\01'[ REQrIRED ~~ee atta~hlld) SPONSORED BYQ~~ /7 (Representa 've BRANNIGAN) .. /·~ .. _/ // / .. -TO~p~rtland L--. ; Page l-LR2173(3) HOUSE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1634
House Amendment HA_A_H570 (House)

HOUSE AMENDMENT "If" to S . P • 
To Improve the Maine Rx Program" 
590, L.D. 1634, Bill, "An Act 
Amend 
the bill by striking out all of section 
and 
inserting in its place the following: 
'Sec. 12. Transfer for Maine Rx Plus Program. 
Notwi thstanding 
any other provision of law, the State Controller shall transfer 
$800,000 in fiscal year 2003-04 and $2,000,000 in fiscal year 
2004-05 from the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to 
the Maine Rx, 
Other Special Revenue Funds account within the 
Department· of Human Services. 
These 
fund~-: must be used for the 
implementation and operations of the Maine Rx Plus Program.' 
SUMMARY 
This 
amendment 
removes 
the 
appropriation 
and 
allocation 
section of the bill and instead transfers funds from the General 
Fund 
to 
the existing Maine 
Rx, 
Other Special 
Revenue 
Funds 
account within the Department of Human Services. 
FISCAL :\01'[ REQrIRED 
~~ee atta~hlld) 
SPONSORED BYQ~~ 
/7' 
(Representa 've BRANNIGAN) .. /·~ 
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HOUSE AMENDMENT 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Transfers 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 06/12/03 ~ae 
l2lst Maine Legislature 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD 1634 
An Act to Improve the MaineRx Program 
LR 2173(03) 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by House Amendment" " 
Sponsor: Rep. Brannigan 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Projections 
Projections 
2003-04 
2004-05 
2005-06 
2006-07 
$800,000 
$2,000,000 
$0 
($800,000) 
($2,000,000) 
$0 
$0 
$800,000 
$2,000,000 
$0 
$0 
The bill as amended would transfer funds reserved for this purpose from the federal Jobs and Growth Tax Relief 
Reconciliation Act of 2003 to the existing Maine Rx Other Special Revenue Funds account within the Department of 
Human Services. These funds will be used to implement and operate the new Maine Rx Plus program. The existing 
Maine Rx account has sufficient allocation and Positions - Legislative Count for this purpose but lacks the funding 
which this transfer will provide. Future year funding should be generated from drug rebates under the program. 
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