E Requiring the board on aging to establish and administer a + prescription drug assistance program to assist individuals in accessing programs +offered by pharmaceutical manufacturers providing free or discounted +prescription drugs or providing coverage for the drugs, requiring the board to use computer+ software programs to list eligibility requirements for pharmaceutical +assistance programs and drugs included in supplemental rebate contracts and to +link individuals with the most appropriate assistance programs, requiring +the board to make available information on the prescription drug assistance +program to individuals and health care providers and to coordinate the program +with the statewide information and assistance service provided through the +senior linkage line; requiring use of a certain portion of the appropriation+ for the next biennium to the commissioner of human services for the +prescription drug program to be used by the commissioner to establish and administer +the prescription drug assistance program through the board (mk, ja)