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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 940, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No. ___

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11  Senator Lee moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment 

14         On page 4, lines 9-18, delete those lines

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17         Section 2.  Medicare prescription discount program.--

18         (1)  As a condition of participation in the Florida

19  Medicaid Program or the pharmaceutical expense assistance

20  program, a pharmacy must agree to charge any individual who is

21  a Medicare beneficiary and who is a Florida resident showing a

22  Medicare card when they present a prescription a price no

23  greater than the cost of ingredients equal to the average

24  wholesale price minus 9 percent, and a dispensing fee of

25  $4.50.

26         (2)  In lieu of the provisions of subsection (1), and

27  as a condition of participation in the Florida Medicaid

28  Program or the pharmaceutical expense assistance program, a

29  pharmacy must agree to:

30         (a)  Provide a private voluntary prescription discount

31  program to state residents who are Medicare beneficiaries; or

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 940, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No. ___





  1         (b)  Accept a private voluntary discount prescription

  2  program from state residents who are Medicare beneficiaries.

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  4  Discounts under this subsection must be at least as great as

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