Florida Senate - 2012 SB 1510
By Senator Montford
6-01150-12 20121510__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the state employees’ prescription
3 drug program; amending s. 110.12315, F.S.; requiring
4 the Department of Management Services to authorize
5 certain pharmacies to dispense 90-day maintenance
6 prescription medication to certain patients;
7 specifying a dispensing fee for a 90-day prescription
8 supply; providing an effective date.
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10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12 Section 1. Subsections (3) through (7) of section
13 110.12315, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (4)
14 through (8), respectively, and a new subsection (3) is added to
15 that section to read:
16 110.12315 Prescription drug program.—The state employees’
17 prescription drug program is established. This program shall be
18 administered by the Department of Management Services, according
19 to the terms and conditions of the plan as established by the
20 relevant provisions of the annual General Appropriations Act and
21 implementing legislation, subject to the following conditions:
22 (3) The Department of Management Services shall authorize
23 any retail pharmacy licensed in this state and participating in
24 the program to dispense a 90-day maintenance prescription
25 medication to a program member, subscriber, or covered dependent
26 with a chronic disease, including, but not limited to, heart
27 disease, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, end-stage renal disease, or cancer.
28 The dispensing fee for a 90-day supply shall be 1.5 times the
29 amount paid for a 30-day supply.
30 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.