(d)

1. (1) The department may require an applicant to provide additional information to determine the applicant’s eligibility for other discount card and patient assistance programs.
2. (2) The department shall not require an applicant to participate in a drug manufacturer patient assistance program or to disclose information that would determine the applicant’s eligibility to participate in a drug manufacturer patient assistance program in order to participate in the California Discount Prescription Drug Program.

(e) In order to verify that California residents are being served by drug manufacturer patient assistance programs, the department shall require drug manufacturers to provide the department annually with all of the following information:

1. (1) The total value of the manufacturer’s drugs provided at no or very low cost to California residents during the previous year.
2. (2) The total number of prescriptions or 30-day supplies of the manufacturer’s drugs provided at no or very low cost to California residents during the previous year.