Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF0398

Requiring and providing for the commissioner of human services to establish and
administer a prescription drug +discount and rebate program; specifying
applicant eligibility requirements and prescribing +application procedures;
specifying certain requirements of participating +pharmacies; requiring
commissioner periodic notice to drug manufacturers of the amount of +rebate owed
on drugs sold by participating pharmacies to enrolled individuals and specifying
manufacturer pharmacy rebate requirements, requiring +payment to the
commissioner for deposit into the Minnesota prescription drug +dedicated fund
and providing for distribution to participating pharmacies by the +commissioner;
requiring the commissioner to establish an administrative fee to +cover
enrollment, claims processing, appropriation repayment to the cash +flow account
and rebate distribution expenses and a switch fee to cover expenses +incurred by
pharmacies in formatting claims for electronic submission; creating the
Minnesota prescription drug dedicated fund +and appropriating money in the fund
to the commissioner to reimburse +participating pharmacies for prescription drug
discounts and the commissioner for +certain administrative costs; appropriating
money from the cash flow account +to the prescription drug dedicated fund for
the discount program (mk)