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SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 940, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. ___
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11 Senator Lee moved the following amendment:
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17 Section 2. Medicare prescription discount program.--
18 (1) As a condition of participation in the Florida
19 Medicaid Program or the pharmaceutical expense assistance
20 program, a pharmacy must agree to charge any individual who is
21 a Medicare beneficiary and who is a Florida resident showing a
22 Medicare card when they present a prescription a price no
23 greater than the cost of ingredients equal to the average
24 wholesale price minus 9 percent, and a dispensing fee of
25 $4.50.
26 (2) In lieu of the provisions of subsection (1), and
27 as a condition of participation in the Florida Medicaid
28 Program or the pharmaceutical expense assistance program, a
29 pharmacy must agree to:
30 (a) Provide a private voluntary prescription discount
31 program to state residents who are Medicare beneficiaries; or
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SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 940, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. ___
1 (b) Accept a private voluntary discount prescription
2 program from state residents who are Medicare beneficiaries.
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