Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 516
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/30/2024           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Rodriguez) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 465.0275, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         465.0275 Emergency prescription refill.—
    8         (1) In the event a pharmacist receives a request for a
    9  prescription refill and the pharmacist is unable to readily
   10  obtain refill authorization from the prescriber, the pharmacist
   11  may dispense:
   12         (a) A one-time emergency refill of up to a 72-hour supply
   13  of the prescribed medication; or
   14         (b) An A one-time emergency refill of one vial of insulin
   15  and insulin-related supplies or equipment to treat diabetes
   16  mellitus, not to exceed three nonconsecutive times per calendar
   17  year.
   18         Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 893.04, Florida
   19  Statutes, is amended to read:
   20         893.04 Pharmacist and practitioner.—
   21         (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a pharmacist may
   22  dispense a one-time emergency refill of up to a 72-hour supply
   23  of the prescribed medication for any medicinal drug other than a
   24  medicinal drug listed in Schedule II, or an emergency refill up
   25  to one vial of insulin and insulin-related supplies or equipment
   26  to treat diabetes mellitus, not to exceed three nonconsecutive
   27  times per calendar year, in compliance with s. 465.0275.
   28         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.
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   30  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   31  And the title is amended as follows:
   32         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   33  and insert:
   34                        A bill to be entitled                      
   35         An act relating to emergency refills of insulin and
   36         insulin-related supplies or equipment; amending s.
   37         465.0275, F.S.; authorizing pharmacists to dispense an
   38         emergency refill of insulin and insulin-related
   39         supplies or equipment a specified number of times per
   40         year; amending s. 893.04, F.S.; conforming a provision
   41         to changes made by the act; providing an effective
   42         date.