Senate Bill sb0342

    Florida Senate - 2001                                   SB 342

    By Senators Clary, Latvala, Klein, Silver, Lee, Dyer,
    Brown-Waite, Geller and Campbell




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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to pharmacy; requiring the

  3         removal of specified drugs from the negative

  4         formulary for generic and brand-name drugs

  5         established in s. 465.025(6), F.S.; providing

  6         that the act does not amend existing law

  7         relating to a physician's authority to prohibit

  8         generic drug substitution by writing "medically

  9         necessary" on the prescription; providing an

10         effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Effective July 1, 2001, the Board of

15  Pharmacy and the Board of Medicine shall remove from the

16  formulary established by section 465.025(6), Florida Statutes,

17  all drugs that have been determined therapeutically equivalent

18  or "A-B"-rated in "Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic

19  Equivalence Evaluations" (Orange Book) published by the United

20  States Food and Drug Administration.

21         Section 2.  Nothing in this act shall alter or amend

22  section 465.025, Florida Statutes, as to the existing law

23  providing for the authority of physicians to prohibit generic

24  drug substitution by writing "medically necessary" on the

25  prescription.

26         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                   SB 342
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      Requires the removal of specified drugs from the negative
  4    formulary for generic and brand-name drugs, effective
      July 1, 2001. Specifies that the act does not alter or
  5    amend existing law providing a physician's authority to
      prohibit generic drug substitution by writing "medically
  6    necessary" on the prescription.

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