Florida Senate - 2013 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 966 Barcode 343270 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . Floor: WD . 05/01/2013 09:10 AM . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Garcia moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 3382 and 3383 4 insert: 5 Section 76. Section 465.1903, Florida Statutes, is created 6 to read: 7 465.1903 OPPAGA report.—The Office of Program Policy 8 Analysis and Government Accountability is directed to conduct an 9 analysis that examines outcomes improvement, pharmacy network 10 adequacy, patient access, cost savings, and pricing transparency 11 issues in the pharmaceutical marketplace and submit a report to 12 the Legislature on the findings from the analysis on or before 13 December 1, 2013. The report must contain an analysis that 14 includes a survey of different approaches taken in other states 15 to address the issues in this section, and recommendations on 16 all of the following: 17 (1) Cost drivers of prescription drug prices and 18 prescription drug-pricing trends. 19 (2) Relative prescription drug pricing, reimbursement 20 policies, practices and outcomes of patients receiving their 21 drugs from retail and independent community pharmacies, mail 22 order pharmacies, specialty pharmacies, and dispensing 23 practitioners. 24 (3) Options for regulation and improvements in transparency 25 of contracting, reimbursement, and auditing practices of 26 pharmacy benefit managers. 27 (4) Options for reducing prescription drug costs to 28 patients, including, but not limited to, maximizing 29 pharmaceutical care and prescription drug availability to 30 patients. 31 (5) The use of comprehensive medication management to 32 improve clinical outcomes. 33 34 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 35 And the title is amended as follows: 36 Delete line 337 37 and insert: 38 and land development; creating s. 465.1903, F.S.; 39 directing the Office of Program Policy Analysis and 40 Government Accountability to conduct an analysis and 41 submit a report to the Legislature by a specified 42 date; providing requirements for the report; amending 43 s. 499.003, F.S.;