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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="15-1004" effective_note="EFFECTIVE UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2030 PER CHAPTER 48 OF 2024" title_number="15" title_name="Assistance Programs" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Senior Prescription Drug Assistance Program Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The purpose of the Fund is to support the administration, operation, and activities of the Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Department shall administer the Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund that is not subject to § 7–302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The State Treasurer shall hold the Fund separately, and the Comptroller shall account for the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Fund consists of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Money transferred to the Fund by a nonprofit health service plan under § 14–106(d) of the Insurance Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Money appropriated in the State budget to the Fund;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Interest earnings of the Fund; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Any other money from any other source accepted for the benefit of the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, the Fund may be used only for the administration, operation, and activities of the Program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, excess funds not required for the administration, operation, and activities of the Program may be used only to subsidize:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Kidney Disease Program under Title 13, Subtitle 3 of this article; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The provision of mental health services to the uninsured under Title 10, Subtitle 2 of this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>For fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, excess funds not required for the administration, operation, and activities of the Program may be used for health reimbursement accounts established in accordance with § 105(h) of the Internal Revenue Code under § 2–509.1 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State Treasurer shall invest the money of the Fund in the same manner as other State money may be invested.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any interest earnings of the Fund shall be credited to the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Expenditures from the Fund may be made only in accordance with the State budget.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Program shall have its own program code within the State budget.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Beginning July 1, 2016, and quarterly thereafter, the nonprofit health service plan required to subsidize the Program under § 14–106(d) of the Insurance Article shall deposit to the Fund the amount that is necessary to operate and administer the Program for the following quarter.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The amount deposited shall be determined by the Department based on enrollment, expenditures, and revenue for the previous year.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The amount required by the Department under paragraph (2) of this subsection may not exceed the amounts specified in § 14–106(e) of the Insurance Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
