PRESCRIPTION ADVANTAGE AMENDMENT

Representatives Reinstein of Revere, Kafka of Stoughton, Fagan of Taunton, L’Italien of Andover, Guyer of Dalton, Sannicandro of Ashland, Smith of Everett, Koczera of New Bedford, Brownsberger of Belmont, Linsky of Natick, O’Day of West Boylston, Lantigua of Lawrence, Fernandes of Milford, Haddad of Somerset, Rush of Boston, Fresolo of Worcester, Callahan of Sutton, Wolf of Cambridge, Canessa of New Bedford, McCarthy of East Bridgewater, Verga of Gloucester, Speliotis of Danvers, Allen of Boston, Ayers of Quincy, Keenan of Salem, Provost of Somerville, and Binienda of Worcester move to amend the bill in section 2, in item 9110-1455, by adding the following: “; and provided further, that the secretary shall not implement cost sharing increases during fiscal year 2009 unless the executive office has given 90 days notice to the general court and has received approval of the proposed plan from a majority of the general court.”