Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 838
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11  Senators Miller, Campbell, Rich, and Dawson moved the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 79, between lines 11 and 12,
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18         Section 14.  The Office of Program and Policy Analysis
19  and Government Accountability, in consultation with the Office
20  of Attorney General, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the
21  Auditor General, shall conduct a study to examine issues
22  related to the amount of state and federal dollars lost due to
23  fraud and abuse in the Medicaid prescription drug program. The
24  study shall focus on examining whether pharmaceutical
25  manufacturers and their affiliates and wholesale
26  pharmaceutical manufacturers and their affiliates that
27  participate in the Medicaid program in this state, with
28  respect to rebates for prescription drugs, are inflating the
29  average wholesale price that is used in determining how much
30  the state pays for prescription drugs for Medicaid recipients.
31  The study shall also focus on examining whether the
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    Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 838
                        Barcode 242194
 1  manufacturers and their affiliates are committing other
 2  deceptive pricing practices with regard to federal and state
 3  rebates for prescription drugs in the Medicaid program in this
 4  state. The study, including findings and recommendations,
 5  shall be submitted to the Governor, the President of the
 6  Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
 7  Minority Leader of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the
 8  House of Representatives by January 1, 2006.
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10  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)
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14  And the title is amended as follows:
15         On page 4, line 19, after the semicolon
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18         requiring the Office of Program and Policy
19         Analysis and Government Accountability, in
20         consultation with the Office of Attorney
21         General and the Auditor General, to conduct a
22         study to examine whether state and federal
23         dollars are lost due to fraud and abuse in the
24         Medicaid prescription drug program; providing
25         duties; requiring that a report with findings
26         and recommendations be submitted to the
27         Governor and the Legislature by a specified
28         date;
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