SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 370

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11  Senator Myers moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 1, lines 14 through 28, delete those lines,

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17         Section 1.  The Board of Medicine, the Board of

18  Osteopathic Medicine, and the Board of Pharmacy must jointly

19  submit a report to the Legislature by January 1, 2002, which

20  recommends whether the formulary for generic and brand-name

21  drugs required by section 465.025(6), Florida Statutes, should

22  be retained. The boards shall use their scientific knowledge

23  and experience in compiling the report and shall consider all

24  data in determining those measures that are needed to protect

25  the health and safety of patients. The board may consider the

26  bioequivalence of the drugs listed on the formulary and shall

27  consider other factors involved with drug-product selection,

28  the use of products by patients, the practice of pharmacy,

29  publications of the Federal Food and Drug Administration, and

30  adverse experience reports of the Federal Food and Drug

31  Administration that they determine are relevant to the issues

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 370

    Amendment No.    





 1  under consideration. The boards may choose to confirm the

 2  present administrative procedure to add or delete a drug from

 3  the formulary without reviewing and recommending changes to

 4  the existing statutes.

 5         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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10  And the title is amended as follows:

11         On page 1, lines 6 through 10, delete those lines,

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14         generic and brand-name drugs; providing an

15         effective date.

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