(a) The director shall include in the Medi-Cal list of contract drugs any drug approved for the treatment of cancer by the federal Food and Drug Administration, so long as the manufacturer has executed a contract with the Health Care Financing Administration which provides for rebates in accordance with Section 1396r-8 of Title 42 of the United States Code. These drugs shall be exempt from the contract requirements of Section 14105.33.
(b) In addition to any drug added to the list of contract drugs pursuant to subdivision (a), any drug that meets either of the following criteria and for which the manufacturer has executed a contract with the Health Care Financing Administration that provides for rebates in accordance with Section 1396r-8 of Title 42 of the United States Code, shall be a Medi-Cal benefit, subject to utilization controls, unless the contract requirements of Section 14105.33 have been complied with:
(1) Any drug approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for treatment of opportunistic infections associated with cancer.
(2) Any drug or biologic used in an anticancer chemotherapeutic regimen for a medically accepted indication, which has either been approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration, or recognized for that use in a compendia listed in Section 1927 of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396r-8).