A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO REDUCE THE CO-PAYMENT AMOUNT FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS UNDER THE MEDICAID 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 five hundred thousand dollars ($3,500,000) for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year.  These funds shall be used to reduce the co-payment amount for brand‑name prescription drugs for Medicaid recipients from three dollars ($3.00) to one dollar ($1.00) per prescription.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2002.