This week the full Senate passed their budget bill by a party-line vote. The passed version appropriates $5 million for Fiscal Year 2022 and $10.15 million for Fiscal Year 2023, plus Federal Medical Assistance Percentages to fund the Managed Care Supplemental Dispensing Fee. NACDS worked in partnership with the Ohio Council of Retail Merchants to advocate that funding for this program continue. It is not included in the competing versions of the budget as proposed by the Governor and the House. We will continue to champion this line item as budget negotiations continue over the next two weeks.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.