Florida Senate - 2022                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SPB 2502
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  02/10/2022           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Bean) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 873 and 874
    4  insert:
    5         Section 27. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
    6  189, 211, 212, 279, 337, 487, 703, 704, and 705 of the 2022-2023
    7  General Appropriations Act, the Agency for Health Care
    8  Administration, in consultation with the Department of Health,
    9  the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, the Department of
   10  Children and Families, and the Department of Corrections, shall
   11  competitively procure a contract with a vendor to negotiate
   12  prices for prescription drugs, including insulin and
   13  epinephrine, for all participating agencies. The contract must
   14  also allow for the direct purchase of such drugs for
   15  participating agencies when possible. The contract must require
   16  that the vendor be compensated on a contingency basis paid from
   17  a portion of the savings achieved through the negotiation and
   18  purchase of the prescription drugs. This section expires July 1,
   19  2023.
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   21  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   22  And the title is amended as follows:
   23         Delete line 84
   24  and insert:
   25         operations; requiring the Agency for Health Care
   26         Administration, in consultation with the Department of
   27         Health, the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, the
   28         Department of Children and Families, and the
   29         Department of Corrections, to competitively procure a
   30         contract with a vendor to negotiate prices for
   31         prescription drugs; providing requirements for such
   32         contract; amending s. 216.262, F.S.; extending for 1