House Bill hb0155

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                 HB 155

        By Representative Slosberg






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Medicare prescription

  3         discount program; amending s. 409.9066, F.S.;

  4         modifying the discount amount to be made

  5         available by a pharmacy; providing an effective

  6         date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Section 409.9066, Florida Statutes, is

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12         409.9066  Medicare prescription discount program.--

13         (1)  As a condition of participation in the Florida

14  Medicaid program or the pharmaceutical expense assistance

15  program, a pharmacy must agree to charge any individual who is

16  a Medicare beneficiary, and who is a Florida resident showing

17  a Medicare card when he or she presents a prescription, a

18  price no greater than the cost of ingredients equal to 20

19  percent below the best price at which the pharmacy, or its

20  parent company, makes the ingredients available under any

21  purchasing arrangement the average wholesale price minus 9

22  percent, and a dispensing fee of $4.50.

23         (2)  In lieu of the provisions of subsection (1), and

24  as a condition of participation in the Florida Medicaid

25  program or the pharmaceutical expense assistance program, a

26  pharmacy must agree to:

27         (a)  Provide a private voluntary prescription discount

28  program to state residents who are Medicare beneficiaries; or

29         (b)  Accept a private voluntary discount prescription

30  program from state residents who are Medicare beneficiaries.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                 HB 155

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  1  Discounts under this subsection must be at least as great as

  2  discounts under subsection (1).

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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  6                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Modifies the discount to be made available by a pharmacy
  8    to a Florida Medicare beneficiary under the Medicare
      prescription discount program.
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