Calif. Ends Taxpayer-Funded Viagra For Sex Offenders

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A new law means California taxpayers won't help pay for impotence drugs for registered sex offenders. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the bill into law Tuesday. It amends earlier laws that required the state's health insurance program for the poor to help cover the cost of drugs used to treat erectile dysfunction. Federal support for Viagra was cut this year after a New York state audit found nearly 200 sex offenders benefiting from the program. Schwarzenegger then asked state agencies not to prescribe the drug to sex offenders and asked lawmakers to pass a bill to block the coverage.