The "discount prescription drug program fund" is created in the state treasury. All fees collected pursuant to Subsection C of Section 10-7C-17 NMSA 1978 and all rebates received from drug manufacturers shall be deposited in the fund and shall be used for the purposes of the discount prescription drug program. Money appropriated to the fund or accruing to it through rebates, gifts, grants, fees or bequests shall be deposited in the fund. Earnings from investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Money in the fund is appropriated to the authority for the purpose of administering the discount prescription drug program. Money in the fund shall not revert at the end of any fiscal year. Disbursements from the fund shall be made upon warrants drawn by the secretary of finance and administration pursuant to vouchers signed by the director of the authority or the director's authorized representative. The authority shall annually adjust the enrollment fee to permit necessary administration of the program but shall not exceed the amount established in Subsection C of Section 10-7C-17 NMSA 1978.
History: Laws 2002, ch. 75, § 3 and Laws 2002 ch. 80, § 3; 2006, ch. 26, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2006 amendment, effective May 17, 2006, changed the name of the "senior prescription drug program fund" to the "discount prescription drug program fund".