1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to human services; eliminating the enrollment 
  1.3             limitation for the prescription drug program; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256.955, subdivision 
  1.5             9. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256.955, 
  1.8   subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 9.  [~~PROGRAM LIMITATION~~ REBATE REVENUES.] ~~The~~ 
  1.10  ~~commissioner shall administer the prescription drug program so~~ 
  1.11  ~~that the costs total no more than funds appropriated plus the~~ 
  1.12  ~~drug rebate proceeds.~~  Prescription drug program rebate revenues 
  1.13  are appropriated to the commissioner and shall be expended to 
  1.14  augment funding of the prescription drug program.  ~~New~~ 
  1.15  ~~enrollment shall cease if the commissioner determines that,~~ 
  1.16  ~~given current enrollment, costs of the program will exceed~~ 
  1.17  ~~appropriated funds and rebate proceeds.~~