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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 370

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11  Senators Latvala, Cowin and Sullivan moved the following

12  substitute for amendment (354574):

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 1, between lines 25 and 26,

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18         Section 2.  Notwithstanding any provision of section

19  465.025, Florida Statutes, for the initial prescription or any

20  refill thereunder of an "A-B"-rated drug that is currently on

21  the negative formulary created under that statute, a

22  pharmacist must dispense the drug unless prior approval to

23  substitute is obtained from the prescriber of the medication.

24  Any refill thereunder of the initial prescription for such a

25  drug must be refilled using only the same drug product by the

26  same manufacturer which the pharmacist last dispensed under

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 370

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 2  And the title is amended as follows:

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 6         requiring the dispensation of certain drugs

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