Prescription drugs.

Existing law establishes the California Discount Prescription Drug Program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified individuals are provided with prescription drugs at reduced prices that result from rebate agreements between the department and drug manufacturers. Existing law requires all moneys received by the department pursuant to the administration of the program to be deposited into the California Discount Prescription Drug Program Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, for the purpose of providing payment to participating pharmacies and for defraying its costs in administering the program, and prohibits moneys in the fund from being available for any other purpose. Existing law implements the program only to the extent that moneys are appropriated to the department to implement the program. Existing law makes the program inoperative on February 1, 2015, and thereafter repealed on January 1, 2016, if no moneys are appropriated to the department to implement the program. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to a provision related to the program.