HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-08                           Bill No. CS/CS/HBs 769 & 1087

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Kelly offered the following:

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13         Amendment to Amendment (225663) (with title amendment) 

14         On page 3, line 24, through page 4, line 1,

15  remove from the amendment:  all of said lines

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17  and insert in lieu thereof:

18         Section 2.  Medicare prescription discount program.--

19         (1)(a)  As a condition of participation in the

20  pharmaceutical expense assistance program, a pharmacy must

21  agree to charge any individual who is a Medicare beneficiary

22  and who is a Florida resident showing a Medicare card when

23  they present a prescription a price no greater than the cost

24  of ingredients equal to the average wholesale price minus 9

25  percent, and a dispensing fee of $4.50.

26         (b)  In order for individuals to be eligible for

27  participation in this program, the Agency for Health Care

28  Administration must determine that the individuals are

29  residents of the state who are 65 years of age or older, or

30  disabled as defined in s. 415.102(10), Florida Statutes, and

31  have incomes at or below 250 percent of the federal poverty

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-08                           Bill No. CS/CS/HBs 769 & 1087

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





 1  level. The agency shall make the list of eligible individual

 2  participants available on-line to participating pharmacies.

 3         (2)  In lieu of the provisions of paragraph (1)(a), as

 4  a condition of participation in the pharmaceutical expense

 5  assistance program, a pharmacy must agree to:

 6         (a)  Provide a private voluntary prescription discount

 7  program to state residents who are Medicare beneficiaries; or

 8         (b)  Accept a private voluntary discount prescription

 9  program from state residents who are Medicare beneficiaries.

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13  And the title is amended as follows:

14         On page 5, lines 3 through 5, of the amendment

15  remove:  all of said lines

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18         under the program; establishing a Medicare

19         prescription discount program; requiring

20         pharmacy participation as a condition for a

21         pharmacy's participation in the pharmaceutical

22         expense assistance program; providing

23         individual eligibility; providing

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