Florida Senate - 2019 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for HB 1115
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Floor: 1/AE/2R .
04/30/2019 10:39 AM .
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Senator Harrell moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 465.019, Florida
6 Statutes, is amended to read:
7 465.019 Institutional pharmacies; permits.—
8 (4)(a) Medicinal drugs shall be dispensed in an
9 institutional pharmacy to outpatients only when that institution
10 has secured a community pharmacy permit from the department.
11 However, an individual licensed to prescribe medicinal drugs in
12 this state may dispense up to a 24-hour supply of a medicinal
13 drug to any patient of, or patient discharged from, an emergency
14 department of a hospital that operates a Class II or Class III
15 institutional pharmacy, provided that the physician who is
16 treating the patient in such hospital’s emergency department, or
17 who is treating the discharged patient, determines that the
18 medicinal drug is warranted and that community pharmacy services
19 are not readily accessible, geographically or otherwise, to the
20 patient. Such prescribing and dispensing from the emergency
21 department must be in accordance with the procedures of the
22 hospital. For any such patient for whom a medicinal drug is
23 warranted for a period to exceed 24 hours, an individual
24 licensed to prescribe such drug must be for the greater of
25 dispense a 24-hour supply of such drug or a supply of such drug
26 which will last the patient until the next business day, to the
27 patient and the prescriber must provide the patient with a
28 prescription for such drug for use after such the initial 24
29 hour period.
30 (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), if a state of emergency
31 has been declared for an area of the state pursuant to s.
32 252.36, an individual licensed to prescribe medicinal drugs in
33 this state may dispense up to a 72-hour supply of a medicinal
34 drug to any patient of, or patient discharged from, an emergency
35 department of a hospital located in that area which operates a
36 Class II or Class III institutional pharmacy, provided that the
37 physician who is treating the patient in such hospital’s
38 emergency department, or who is treating the discharged patient,
39 determines that the medicinal drug is warranted and that
40 community pharmacy services are not readily accessible,
41 geographically or otherwise, to the patient. Such dispensing
42 from the emergency department to any patient, including a
43 discharged patient, must be in accordance with the procedures of
44 the hospital. For any such patient for whom a medicinal drug is
45 warranted for a period to exceed 72 hours, an individual
46 licensed to prescribe such drug shall dispense a 72-hour supply
47 of such drug to the patient and shall provide the patient with a
48 prescription for such drug for use after the initial 72-hour
49 period.
50 (c) The board may adopt rules necessary to implement carry
51 out the provisions of this subsection.
52 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.
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55 And the title is amended as follows:
56 Delete everything before the enacting clause
57 and insert:
58 A bill to be entitled
59 An act relating to dispensing medicinal drugs;
60 amending s. 465.019, F.S.; authorizing individuals
61 licensed to prescribe medicinal drugs from certain
62 institutional pharmacies to dispense a certain supply,
63 of such drugs to any patient of, or patient discharged
64 from, an emergency department of certain hospitals
65 under certain circumstances; authorizing such
66 individuals to dispense a 72-hour supply of such drugs
67 if a state of emergency has been declared in the area;
68 authorizing such individuals to provide prescriptions
69 for an additional supply of such drugs under certain
70 circumstances; providing an effective date.