SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 2280

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Brown-Waite moved the following amendment to amendment

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

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18         Section 5.  The Department of Management Services may

19  not implement a prior-authorization program or a

20  restricted-formulary program that restricts a non-HMO

21  enrollee's access to prescription drugs beyond the provisions

22  of section 110.12315(3), Florida Statutes, as amended by act,

23  which relate specifically to generic equivalents for

24  prescriptions and the provisions of section 110.12315(5),

25  Florida Statutes, as amended by this act, which relate

26  specifically to starter-dose programs or the dispensing of

27  long-term maintenance medications. The prior-authorization

28  program expanded pursuant to section 8 of the 1998-1999

29  General Appropriations Act is terminated. If this section

30  conflicts with any General Appropriations Act or any act

31  implementing a General Appropriations Act, the Legislature

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 2280

    Amendment No.    





 1  intends that the provisions of this section shall prevail.

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 3  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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 7  And the title is amended as follows:

 8         On page 3, line 30, after the semicolon,

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11         prohibiting the Department of Management

12         Services from restricting access to

13         prescription drugs for certain enrollees under

14         the state employees' prescription drug program;

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