SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2170
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 984640
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senator Peaden moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 12. Paragraph (m) of subsection (1) of section
18 440.13, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
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20 440.13 Medical services and supplies; penalty for violations;
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22 (1) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the term:
23 (m) "Medicine" means a drug prescribed by an
24 authorized health care provider and includes only generic
25 drugs or single-source patented drugs for which there is no
26 generic equivalent, unless the authorized health care provider
27 writes or states that the brand-name drug as defined in s.
28 465.025 is medically necessary, or is a drug appearing on the
29 schedule of drugs created pursuant to s. 465.025(5)465.025(6),
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SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2170
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 984640
1 (Redesignate subsequent sections.)
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5 And the title is amended as follows:
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9 amending s. 440.13, F.S.; correcting a
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