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SF 444 Senate Long Description

E Creating the senior citizen health benefit fund and requiring the commissioner of finance to establish prescription drug program and +prescription drug assistance program accounts in the health benefit fund, +requiring annual transfer of a certain percentage of the fair market value of the +tobacco use prevention and local public health endowment funds to the senior +citizen health benefit fund; requiring the commissioner of health in consultation +with the commissioner of human services to establish a task force to develop recommendations to provide financial assistance to senior citizens in+ obtaining prescription drugs, specifying certain task force membership +requirements and duties, requiring recommendations to the legislature by a certain +date; appropriating money from the health benefit fund to the commissioner +of human services for the prescription drug program and to the commissioner of+ health for staff and administrative support to the task force (ra, ja)