990048                                                            No.  20
                    HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL AMENDMENT
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Representative(s): Kilmer, Murman, Evers, and Brown
offered the following amendment:

In Section: 03 On Page: 025 Specific Appropriation:  124
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Explanation:
Transfers $436,922 in General Revenue and $565,883 in trust funds from
Expenses to Prescribed Medicine/Drugs to restore reductions associated with
the implementation of mail order pharmacy services for maintenance drugs.
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        AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
        Program: Health Care Services
        Executive Direction And Support Services

        In Section 03  On Page 025
124     Expenses

          From General Revenue Fund               -1,950,000     -2,386,922
          From Administrative Trust Fund          -1,500,000     -2,065,883

        Medicaid Services To Individuals

        In Section 03  On Page 027
143     Special Categories
        Prescribed Medicine/Drugs

          From General Revenue Fund              -76,570,259    -76,133,337
          From Medical Care Trust Fund           -98,419,864    -97,853,981

Immediately following Specific Appropriation 143, DELETE:

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The   reduced   appropriation   in   Specific   Appropriation   143  for
Prescribed  Medicine/Drugs  includes  reductions  of  $436,922  from the
General Revenue Fund and $565,883 from the Medical Care Trust Fund based
on  the  implementation  of mail order pharmacy services for maintenance
drugs, effective April 1, 2002.

Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process.  However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement
within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.














































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