Florida Senate - 2024                              CS for SB 516
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Health Policy; and Senator Rodriguez
       
       
       
       
       
       588-02648-24                                           2024516c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to emergency refills of insulin and
    3         insulin-related supplies or equipment; amending s.
    4         465.0275, F.S.; authorizing pharmacists to dispense an
    5         emergency refill of insulin and insulin-related
    6         supplies or equipment a specified number of times per
    7         year; amending s. 893.04, F.S.; conforming a provision
    8         to changes made by the act; providing an effective
    9         date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 465.0275, Florida
   14  Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         465.0275 Emergency prescription refill.—
   16         (1) In the event a pharmacist receives a request for a
   17  prescription refill and the pharmacist is unable to readily
   18  obtain refill authorization from the prescriber, the pharmacist
   19  may dispense:
   20         (a) A one-time emergency refill of up to a 72-hour supply
   21  of the prescribed medication; or
   22         (b) An A one-time emergency refill of one vial of insulin
   23  and insulin-related supplies or equipment to treat diabetes
   24  mellitus, not to exceed three nonconsecutive times per calendar
   25  year.
   26         Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 893.04, Florida
   27  Statutes, is amended to read:
   28         893.04 Pharmacist and practitioner.—
   29         (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a pharmacist may
   30  dispense a one-time emergency refill of up to a 72-hour supply
   31  of the prescribed medication for any medicinal drug other than a
   32  medicinal drug listed in Schedule II, or an emergency refill up
   33  to one vial of insulin and insulin-related supplies or equipment
   34  to treat diabetes mellitus, not to exceed three nonconsecutive
   35  times per calendar year, in compliance with s. 465.0275.
   36         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.