Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 874
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11  The Committee on Health and Human Services Appropriations
12  (Peaden) recommended the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
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18         Section 4.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law
19  to the contrary, the Agency for Health Care Administration may
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21         (1)  Review or use any violation or alleged violation
22  of section 499.021(6), Florida Statutes, or any rules adopted
23  under that section, as a ground for denying or withholding any
24  payment of a Medicaid reimbursement to a pharmacy licensed
25  under chapter 465, Florida Statutes; or
26         (2)  Review or use compliance with section 499.021(6),
27  Florida Statutes, or any rules adopted under that section, as
28  the subject of any audit of Medicaid-related records held by a
29  pharmacy licensed under chapter 465, Florida Statutes.
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    Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 874
                        Barcode 871372
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 2  And the title is amended as follows:
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 6         prohibiting the Agency for Health Care
 7         Administration from reviewing or using certain
 8         violations relating to recordkeeping for
 9         prescription drugs to deny or withhold Medicaid
10         payments to pharmacies or to audit the records
11         of such pharmacies;
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