SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 792, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 741042
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11 Senator Webster moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 21. Subsection (2) of section 465.025, Florida
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19 465.025 Substitution of drugs.--
20 (2) A pharmacist who receives a prescription for a
21 brand name drug shall, unless requested otherwise by the
22 purchaser, substitute a less expensive, generically equivalent
23 drug product that is:
24 (a) Distributed by a business entity doing business,
25 and subject to suit and service of legal process, in the
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27 (b) Listed in the formulary of generic and brand name
28 drug products as provided in subsection (5) for the brand name
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SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 792, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 741042
1 in her or his own handwriting, on the face of a written
2 prescription or unless, in the case of an oral prescription,
3 the prescriber expressly indicates to the pharmacist that the
4 brand name drug prescribed is medically necessary. If the
5 price of the brand name drug is within 2 percent of the price
6 of the generic drug, the brand name drug shall be given
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13 And the title is amended as follows:
14 On page 3, line 27, after the semicolon,
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17 amending s. 465.025, F.S.; providing
18 requirements for pharmacists in prescribing
19 brand name drugs;
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