HOUSE AMENDMENT

    dhs-21                                      Bill No. CS/HB 433

    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Bitner, Gay, Reddick, and Minton offered the

12  following title amendment:

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14         Amendment 

15         In the title, on page 1,

16  remove from the bill:  everything before the enacting clause

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18  and insert in lieu thereof:

19                      A bill to be entitled

20         An act relating to pharmacy practice; creating

21         s. 465.0075, F.S.; authorizing temporary

22         certificate to practice in certain areas of

23         critical need; providing requirements therefor,

24         including a fee; amending s. 465.023, F.S.;

25         providing for disciplinary actions against

26         pharmacy permittees for interfering with or

27         attempting to interfere with the professional

28         judgment of a pharmacist in the practice of the

29         profession of pharmacy; providing an effective

30         date.

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

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    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)





  1         WHEREAS, on December 6, 1999, Congress enacted the

  2  Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999, wherein Congress

  3  directed the United States Department of Health and Human

  4  Services to conduct a study to determine whether and to what

  5  extent a shortage of pharmacists exists in the United States,

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  7         WHEREAS, the United States Department of Health and

  8  Human Services is currently conducting such a study, and

  9         WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Legislature that the

10  quality of the health care provided to Florida residents

11  should be addressed in counties where a critical shortage of

12  pharmacists exists, NOW, THEREFORE,

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