HB 0923 2003
1	CHAMBER ACTION
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6	The Committee on Health Care recommends the following:
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8	Committee Substitute
9	Remove the entire bill and insert:
10	A bill to be entitled
11	An act relating to prescription labeling and
12	reimbursement; creating s. 456.0392, F.S.; requiring a
13	prescribing practitioner's federal Drug Enforcement
14	Administration number or professional license number on
15	prescriptions for non-controlled substances; prohibiting
16	requiring the submission of the practitioner's federal
17	Drug Enforcement Administration number as a condition for
18	reimbursement or receipt of benefits; providing an
19	effective date.
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21	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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23	Section 1. Section 456.0392, Florida Statutes, is created
24	to read:
25	456.0392 Prescription labeling and reimbursement.--Any
26	practitioner authorized under Florida law to write a
27	prescription for a non-controlled substance who does not have a
28	federal Drug Enforcement Administration number shall provide on
29	the prescription the practitioner's name and professional
30	license number. No patient or provider prescribing or dispensing
31	prescription drugs pursuant to Florida law shall be required to
32	submit the practitioner's federal Drug Enforcement
33	Administration number as a condition of reimbursement or receipt
34	of benefits.
35	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.