| | 1.__Fund established.__The MaineCare Stabilization Fund, | referred to in this chapter as "the fund," is established as an | Other Special Revenue fund for the purposes specified in this | chapter. |
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| | 2.__Sources of fund.__The State Controller shall credit to the | fund: |
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| A.__Revenues attributable to 50 mills for each cigarette | taxed pursuant to Title 36, section 4365-F; |
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| B.__Revenues received by the State from financial | settlements or judgments entered into or ordered beginning | October 15, 2005 on lawsuits related to the MaineCare | program or the elderly low-cost drug program under section | 254 to the extent possible under the terms of the settlement | or judgment; |
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| C.__Revenues collected as a result of procedures adopted by | the department on October 15, 2005 to ensure the collection | of the full value of rebates owed to the department on | injectable prescription drugs that are provided in the | office of a physician or in another health care facility and | that are paid for by the MaineCare or elderly low-cost drug | program; |
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| D.__Funds distributed to the State under Title XXI of the | United States Social Security Act as unexpended federal | State Children's Health Insurance Program funds; |
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| E.__Amounts recovered from or saved as a result of payment | by the United States Veterans' Administration under section | 3174-HH, subsection 2; |
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| F.__Money from any other source, whether public or private, | designated for deposit into or credited to the fund; and |
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| G.__Interest earned or other investment income on balances | in the fund. |
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| | 3.__Nonlapsing.__Any unexpended balances in the fund may not | lapse but must be carried forward. |
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| | 4.__Fund purposes.__Allocations from the fund must prevent any | loss of services or increased cost of services to a MaineCare | member or a person receiving benefits under the elderly low-cost | drug program under section 254 that would otherwise result from | insufficient General Fund appropriations, insufficient federal | matching funds or any other shortage of funds, changes in federal | or state law, rule or policy or the implementation of the federal |
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