Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 838
                        Barcode 964568
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11  Senator Miller moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 79, between lines 11 and 12,
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17         Section 14.  The Office of Program and Policy Analysis
18  and Government Accountability, in consultation with the Office
19  of Attorney General, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the
20  Auditor General, shall conduct a study to examine issues
21  related to the amount of state and federal dollars lost due to
22  fraud and abuse in the Medicaid prescription drug program. The
23  study shall focus on examining whether pharmaceutical
24  manufacturers and their affiliates, that participate in the
25  Medicaid program in this state, with respect to rebates for
26  prescription drugs, are inflating the average wholesale price
27  that is used in determining how much the state pays for
28  prescription drugs for Medicaid recipients. The study shall
29  also focus on examining whether the manufacturers and their
30  affiliates are committing other deceptive pricing practices
31  with regard to federal and state rebates for prescription
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    Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 838
                        Barcode 964568
 1  drugs in the Medicaid program in this state. The study,
 2  including findings and recommendations, shall be submitted to
 3  the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the
 4  House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the Senate,
 5  and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives by
 6  January 1, 2006.
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 8  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)
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12  And the title is amended as follows:
13         On page 4, line 19, after the semicolon
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16         requiring the Office of Program and Policy
17         Analysis and Government Accountability, in
18         consultation with the Office of Attorney
19         General and the Auditor General, to conduct a
20         study to examine whether state and federal
21         dollars are lost due to fraud and abuse in the
22         Medicaid prescription drug program; providing
23         duties; requiring that a report with findings
24         and recommendations be submitted to the
25         Governor and the Legislature by a specified
26         date;
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