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        By the Committees on Health Care Licensing & Regulation,
    Rules & Calendar and Representative Arnall





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to obsolete, expired, or

  3         repealed provisions of law; repealing various

  4         provisions of law that have become obsolete,

  5         have had their effect, have served their

  6         purpose, or have been impliedly repealed or

  7         superseded; repealing s. 404.22(5)(c), F.S.,

  8         relating to adoption of a fee schedule for

  9         fiscal year 1981-1982 for registration and

10         inspection of radiation machines; repealing s.

11         408.02(5) and (6), F.S., relating to practice

12         parameters for certain services; amending ss.

13         627.6418 and 627.6613, F.S.; deleting

14         references, to conform; repealing s.

15         408.062(3), F.S., relating to annual assessment

16         and reporting on caesarean section rates and

17         the impact of practice parameters; repealing s.

18         458.349, F.S., relating to savings clauses

19         applicable to repeal and reenactment in 1979 of

20         ch. 458, F.S., relating to medical practice;

21         repealing s. 459.024, F.S., relating to savings

22         clauses applicable to repeal and reenactment in

23         1979 of ch. 459, F.S., relating to osteopathic

24         medicine; repealing s. 461.015, F.S., relating

25         to savings clauses applicable to repeal and

26         reenactment in 1979 of ch. 461, F.S., relating

27         to podiatric medicine; repealing s. 463.019,

28         F.S., relating to savings clauses applicable to

29         repeal and reenactment in 1986 of ch. 463,

30         F.S., relating to optometry; repealing s.

31         464.0035, F.S., relating to staggering of

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  1         initial terms on the joint committee appointed

  2         to approve acts of medical diagnosis and

  3         treatment, prescription, and operation that are

  4         authorized as advanced or specialized nursing

  5         practice; repealing s. 464.023, F.S., relating

  6         to savings clauses applicable to repeal and

  7         reenactment in 1979 of ch. 464, F.S., relating

  8         to nursing; repealing s. 468.804, F.S.,

  9         relating to the Orthotists and Prosthetists

10         Educational Programs Task Force; repealing s.

11         484.019, F.S., relating to savings clauses

12         applicable to repeal and reenactment in 1986 of

13         pt. I, ch. 484, F.S., relating to preparing and

14         dispensing of eyeglasses and other optical

15         devices; repealing ss. 499.018, 499.019,

16         499.02, 499.021, and 499.022, F.S., to abolish

17         the investigational drug program and the

18         Florida Drug Technical Review Panel; repealing

19         s. 499.003(16) and (28), F.S., relating to the

20         definitions of "investigational drug" and

21         "technical panel," to conform; amending ss.

22         381.0203, 499.015, 499.024, 499.03, 499.04,

23         499.041, and 499.067, F.S.; removing or

24         revising references and related provisions, to

25         conform; repealing s. 499.025(5), F.S.,

26         relating to applicability of provisions

27         establishing identification requirements for

28         drug products in finished, solid, oral dosage

29         form; repealing s. 103, ch. 97-261, Laws of

30         Florida, and s. 2, 98-226, Laws of Florida,

31         relating to the task force on the health care

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  1         practitioner credentialing program; repealing

  2         s. 13, ch. 99-332, Laws of Florida, relating to

  3         the Task Force on Home Health Services

  4         Licensure Provisions; repealing s. 28, ch.

  5         99-394, Laws of Florida, relating to the

  6         certified nursing assistant study group;

  7         repealing ss. 125 and 175, ch. 99-397, Laws of

  8         Florida, relating to the Task Force for the

  9         Study of Collaborative Drug Therapy Management

10         and the Task Force on Telehealth; providing an

11         effective date.

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13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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15         Section 1.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (5) of section

16  404.22, Florida Statutes, is repealed.

17         Section 2.  Subsections (5) and (6) of section 408.02,

18  Florida Statutes, are repealed.

19         Section 3.  Subsection (1) of section 627.6418, Florida

20  Statutes, is amended to read:

21         627.6418  Coverage for mammograms.--

22         (1)  An accident or health insurance policy issued,

23  amended, delivered, or renewed in this state must provide

24  coverage for at least the following:

25         (a)  A baseline mammogram for any woman who is 35 years

26  of age or older, but younger than 40 years of age.

27         (b)  A mammogram every 2 years for any woman who is 40

28  years of age or older, but younger than 50 years of age, or

29  more frequently based on the patient's physician's

30  recommendation.

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  1         (c)  A mammogram every year for any woman who is 50

  2  years of age or older.

  3         (d)  One or more mammograms a year, based upon a

  4  physician's recommendation, for any woman who is at risk for

  5  breast cancer because of a personal or family history of

  6  breast cancer, because of having a history of biopsy-proven

  7  benign breast disease, because of having a mother, sister, or

  8  daughter who has or has had breast cancer, or because a woman

  9  has not given birth before the age of 30.

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11  It is the intent of the Legislature that, when practice

12  parameters for the delivery of mammography services are

13  developed pursuant to s. 408.02(7), the Legislature review the

14  requirements of this section and conform to the practice

15  parameters.

16         Section 4.  Subsection (1) of section 627.6613, Florida

17  Statutes, is amended to read:

18         627.6613  Coverage for mammograms.--

19         (1)  A group, blanket, or franchise accident or health

20  insurance policy issued, amended, delivered, or renewed in

21  this state must provide coverage for at least the following:

22         (a)  A baseline mammogram for any woman who is 35 years

23  of age or older, but younger than 40 years of age.

24         (b)  A mammogram every 2 years for any woman who is 40

25  years of age or older, but younger than 50 years of age, or

26  more frequently based on the patient's physician's

27  recommendation.

28         (c)  A mammogram every year for any woman who is 50

29  years of age or older.

30         (d)  One or more mammograms a year, based upon a

31  physician's recommendation, for any woman who is at risk for

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  1  breast cancer because of a personal or family history of

  2  breast cancer, because of having a history of biopsy-proven

  3  benign breast disease, because of having a mother, sister, or

  4  daughter who has or has had breast cancer, or because a woman

  5  has not given birth before the age of 30.

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  7  It is the intent of the Legislature that, when practice

  8  parameters for the delivery of mammography services are

  9  developed pursuant to s. 408.02(7), the Legislature review the

10  requirements of this section and conform to the practice

11  parameters.

12         Section 5.  Subsection (3) of section 408.062, Florida

13  Statutes, is repealed.

14         Section 6.  Section 458.349, Florida Statutes, is

15  repealed.

16         Section 7.  Section 459.024, Florida Statutes, is

17  repealed.

18         Section 8.  Section 461.015, Florida Statutes, is

19  repealed.

20         Section 9.  Section 463.019, Florida Statutes, is

21  repealed.

22         Section 10.  Section 464.0035, Florida Statutes, is

23  repealed.

24         Section 11.  Section 464.023, Florida Statutes, is

25  repealed.

26         Section 12.  Section 468.804, Florida Statutes, is

27  repealed.

28         Section 13.  Section 484.019, Florida Statutes, is

29  repealed.

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  1         Section 14.  Subsections (16) and (28) of section

  2  499.003, Florida Statutes, and sections 499.018, 499.019,

  3  499.02, 499.021, and 499.022, Florida Statutes, are repealed.

  4         Section 15.  Subsection (2) of section 381.0203,

  5  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

  6         381.0203  Pharmacy services.--

  7         (2)  The department may establish and maintain a

  8  pharmacy services program, including, but not limited to:

  9         (a)  A central pharmacy to support pharmaceutical

10  services provided by the county health departments, including

11  pharmaceutical repackaging, dispensing, and the purchase and

12  distribution of immunizations and other pharmaceuticals.

13         (b)  Regulation of drugs, cosmetics, and household

14  products pursuant to chapter 499.

15         (c)  An investigational drug program.

16         (c)(d)  Consultation to county health departments as

17  required by s. 154.04(1)(c).

18         (d)(e)  A contraception distribution program which

19  shall be implemented, to the extent resources permit, through

20  the licensed pharmacies of county health departments.  A woman

21  who is eligible for participation in the contraceptive

22  distribution program is deemed a patient of the county health

23  department.

24         1.  To be eligible for participation in the program a

25  woman must:

26         a.  Be a client of the department or the Department of

27  Children and Family Services.

28         b.  Be of childbearing age with undesired fertility.

29         c.  Have an income between 150 and 200 percent of the

30  federal poverty level.

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  1         d.  Have no Medicaid benefits or applicable health

  2  insurance benefits.

  3         e.  Have had a medical examination by a licensed health

  4  care provider within the past 6 months.

  5         f.  Have a valid prescription for contraceptives that

  6  are available through the contraceptive distribution program.

  7         g.  Consent to the release of necessary medical

  8  information to the county health department.

  9         2.  Fees charged for the contraceptives under the

10  program must cover the cost of purchasing and providing

11  contraceptives to women participating in the program.

12         3.  The department may adopt rules to administer this

13  program.

14         Section 16.  Subsections (1) and (3) of section

15  499.015, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

16         499.015  Registration of drugs, devices, and cosmetics;

17  issuance of certificates of free sale.--

18         (1)  Except for those persons exempted from the

19  definition in s. 499.003(20)(21), any person who manufactures,

20  packages, repackages, labels, or relabels a drug, device, or

21  cosmetic in this state must register such drug, device, or

22  cosmetic biennially with the department; pay a fee in

23  accordance with the fee schedule provided by s. 499.041; and

24  comply with this section. The registrant must list each

25  separate and distinct drug, device, or cosmetic at the time of

26  registration.

27         (3)  Except for those persons exempted from the

28  definition in s. 499.003(20)(21), a person may not sell any

29  product that he or she has failed to register in conformity

30  with this section. Such failure to register subjects such

31  drug, device, or cosmetic product to seizure and condemnation

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  1  as provided in ss. 499.062-499.064, and subjects such person

  2  to the penalties and remedies provided in ss. 499.001-499.081.

  3         Section 17.  Section 499.024, Florida Statutes, is

  4  amended to read:

  5         499.024  Drug product classification.--The secretary

  6  shall adopt rules to classify drug products intended for use

  7  by humans which the United States Food and Drug Administration

  8  has not classified in the federal act or the Code of Federal

  9  Regulations.

10         (1)  The Florida Drug Technical Review Panel may review

11  and make recommendations on products.

12         (1)(2)  Drug products must be classified as

13  proprietary, prescription, or investigational drugs.

14         (2)(3)  If a product is distributed without required

15  labeling, it is misbranded while held for sale.

16         (3)(4)  Any product that falls under the drug

17  definition, s. 499.003(11), may be classified under the

18  authority of this section.  This section does not subject

19  portable emergency oxygen inhalators to classification;

20  however, this section does not exempt any person from ss.

21  499.01 and 499.015.

22         (4)(5)  Any product classified under the authority of

23  this section reverts to the federal classification, if

24  different, upon the federal regulation or act becoming

25  effective.

26         (5)(6)  The department may by rule reclassify drugs

27  subject to ss. 499.001-499.081 when such classification action

28  is necessary to protect the public health.

29         (6)(7)  The department may adopt rules that exempt from

30  any labeling or packaging requirements of ss. 499.001-499.081

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  1  drugs classified under this section if those requirements are

  2  not necessary to protect the public health.

  3         Section 18.  Subsection (1) of section 499.03, Florida

  4  Statutes, is amended to read:

  5         499.03  Possession of new drugs or legend drugs without

  6  prescriptions unlawful; exemptions and exceptions.--

  7         (1)  A person may not possess, or possess with intent

  8  to sell, dispense, or deliver, any habit-forming, toxic,

  9  harmful, or new drug subject to s. 499.003(21)(22), or legend

10  drug as defined in s. 499.003(18), unless the possession of

11  the drug has been obtained by a valid prescription of a

12  practitioner licensed by law to prescribe the drug.  However,

13  this section does not apply to the delivery of such drugs to

14  persons included in any of the classes named in this

15  subsection, or to the agents or employees of such persons, for

16  use in the usual course of their businesses or practices or in

17  the performance of their official duties, as the case may be;

18  nor does this section apply to the possession of such drugs by

19  those persons or their agents or employees for such use:

20         (a)  A licensed pharmacist or any person under the

21  licensed pharmacist's supervision while acting within the

22  scope of the licensed pharmacist's practice;

23         (b)  A licensed practitioner authorized by law to

24  prescribe legend drugs or any person under the licensed

25  practitioner's supervision while acting within the scope of

26  the licensed practitioner's practice;

27         (c)  A qualified person who uses legend drugs for

28  lawful research, teaching, or testing, and not for resale;

29         (d)  A licensed hospital or other institution that

30  procures such drugs for lawful administration or dispensing by

31  practitioners;

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  1         (e)  An officer or employee of a federal, state, or

  2  local government; or

  3         (f)  A person that holds a valid permit issued by the

  4  department pursuant to ss. 499.001-499.081 which authorizes

  5  that person to possess prescription drugs.

  6         Section 19.  Section 499.04, Florida Statutes, is

  7  amended to read:

  8         499.04  Fee authority.--The department may collect fees

  9  for all drug, device, and cosmetic applications, permits,

10  investigational drug applications, product registrations, and

11  free-sale certificates.  The total amount of fees collected

12  from all permits, applications, product registrations, and

13  free-sale certificates must be adequate to fund the expenses

14  incurred by the department in carrying out ss.

15  499.001-499.081. The department shall, by rule, establish a

16  schedule of fees that are within the ranges provided in this

17  section and shall adjust those fees from time to time based on

18  the costs associated with administering ss. 499.001-499.081.

19  The fees are payable to the department to be deposited into

20  the Florida Drug, Device, and Cosmetic Trust Fund for the sole

21  purpose of carrying out the provisions of ss. 499.001-499.081.

22         Section 20.  Section 499.041, Florida Statutes, is

23  amended to read:

24         499.041  Schedule of fees for drug, device, and

25  cosmetic applications and permits, investigational drug

26  applications, product registrations, and free-sale

27  certificates; trust fund.--

28         (1)  The department shall assess applicants requiring a

29  manufacturing permit an annual fee within the ranges

30  established in this section for the specific type of

31  manufacturer.

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  1         (a)  The fee for a prescription drug manufacturer's

  2  permit may not be less than $500 or more than $600 annually.

  3         (b)  The fee for a device manufacturer's permit may not

  4  be less than $500 or more than $600 annually.

  5         (c)  The fee for a cosmetic manufacturer's permit may

  6  not be less than $250 or more than $400 annually.

  7         (d)  The fee for an over-the-counter drug

  8  manufacturer's permit may not be less than $300 or more than

  9  $400 annually.

10         (e)  The fee for a compressed medical gas

11  manufacturer's permit may not be less than $400 or more than

12  $500 annually.

13         (f)  A manufacturer may not be required to pay more

14  than one fee per establishment to obtain an additional

15  manufacturing permit, but each manufacturer must pay the

16  highest fee applicable to his or her operation in each

17  establishment.

18         (2)  The department shall assess an applicant that is

19  required to have a wholesaling permit an annual fee within the

20  ranges established in this section for the specific type of

21  wholesaling.

22         (a)  The fee for a prescription drug wholesaler's

23  permit may not be less than $300 or more than $400 annually;

24         (b)  The fee for a compressed medical gas wholesaler's

25  permit may not be less than $200 or more than $300 annually;

26         (c)  The fee for an out-of-state prescription drug

27  wholesaler's permit may not be less than $200 or more than

28  $300 annually;

29         (d)  The fee for a retail pharmacy wholesaler's permit

30  may not be less than $35 or more than $50 annually.

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  1         (3)  The department shall assess an applicant that is

  2  required to have a retail establishment permit an annual fee

  3  within the ranges established in this section for the specific

  4  type of retail establishment.

  5         (a)  The fee for a veterinary legend drug retail

  6  establishment permit may not be less than $200 or more than

  7  $300 annually;

  8         (b)  The fee for a medical oxygen retail establishment

  9  permit may not be less than $200 or more than $300 annually.

10         (4)  The department shall assess an applicant that is

11  required to have a restricted prescription drug distributor's

12  permit an annual fee of not less than $200 or more than $300.

13         (5)  In addition to the fee charged for a permit

14  required by ss. 499.001-499.081, beginning January 1, 1993,

15  the department shall assess applicants an initial application

16  fee of $150 for each new permit issued by the department which

17  requires an onsite inspection.

18         (6)  A person that is required to register drugs,

19  devices, or cosmetic products under s. 499.015 shall pay an

20  annual product registration fee of not less than $5 or more

21  than $15 for each separate and distinct product in package

22  form.  The registration fee is in addition to the fee charged

23  for a free-sale certificate.

24         (7)  The department shall assess an applicant that

25  requests a free-sale certificate a fee of $25.  A fee of $2

26  will be charged for each signature copy of a free-sale

27  certificate that is obtained at the same time the free-sale

28  certificate is issued.

29         (8)  The department shall assess an applicant that

30  makes application for approval of an investigational drug

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  1  pursuant to s. 499.018 a filing fee of not less than $1,000 or

  2  more than $1,100.

  3         (9)  The department shall assess each individual

  4  applicant the fees for consulting contracts provided for in s.

  5  499.021.  The consulting contracts must be completed by

  6  contractors approved by the department.  In awarding a

  7  consulting contract, preference must be given to the

  8  universities in the state and government laboratory resources,

  9  which must be contracted with when appropriate.

10         (10)  Consulting contract fees must be set by the

11  actual cost submitted by the contractor for each product

12  application. All fees paid to the department, as provided in

13  this section, must be placed in the Florida Drug, Device, and

14  Cosmetic Trust Fund and used by the department for the

15  administration of ss. 499.001-499.081.

16         (8)(11)  The department shall assess other fees as

17  provided in ss. 499.001-499.081.

18         Section 21.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section

19  499.067, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

20         499.067  Denial, suspension, or revocation of permit or

21  registration.--

22         (1)(a)  The department may deny, suspend, or revoke a

23  permit if it finds that there has been a substantial failure

24  to comply with ss. 499.001-499.081 or chapter 465, chapter

25  501, or chapter 893, the rules adopted under any of those

26  sections or chapters, any final order of the department, the

27  procedures and protocols established for any investigational

28  drug product by the department, or applicable federal laws or

29  regulations or other state laws or rules governing drugs,

30  devices, or cosmetics.

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  1         Section 22.  Subsection (5) of section 499.025, Florida

  2  Statutes, is repealed.

  3         Section 23.  Section 103 of chapter 97-261, Laws of

  4  Florida, and section 2 of chapter 98-226, Laws of Florida, are

  5  repealed.

  6         Section 24.  Section 13 of chapter 99-332, Laws of

  7  Florida, is repealed.

  8         Section 25.  Section 28 of chapter 99-394, Laws of

  9  Florida, is repealed.

10         Section 26.  Sections 125 and 175 of chapter 99-397,

11  Laws of Florida, are repealed.

12         Section 27.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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