Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2286
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Lawson moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 417 and 418
    4  insert:
    5         Section 4. Section 381.0203, Florida Statutes, is amended
    6  to read:
    7         381.0203 Pharmacy services.—
    8         (1) The department may contract on a statewide basis for
    9  the purchase of drugs, as defined in s. 499.003, for use to be
   10  used by state agencies and political subdivisions, and may adopt
   11  rules to administer this section.
   12         (2) The department may establish and maintain a pharmacy
   13  services program that includes, including, but is not limited
   14  to:
   15         (a) A central pharmacy to support pharmaceutical services
   16  provided by the county health departments, including
   17  pharmaceutical repackaging, dispensing, and the purchase and
   18  distribution of immunizations and other pharmaceuticals.
   19         (b) Regulation of drugs, cosmetics, and household products
   20  pursuant to chapter 499.
   21         (c) Consultation to county health departments as required
   22  by s. 154.04(1)(c).
   23         (d) A contraception distribution program which shall be
   24  implemented, to the extent resources permit, through the
   25  licensed pharmacies of county health departments. A woman who is
   26  eligible for participation in the contraceptive distribution
   27  program is deemed a patient of the county health department.
   28         1. To be eligible for participation in the program a woman
   29  must:
   30         a. Be a client of the department or the Department of
   31  Children and Family Services.
   32         b. Be of childbearing age with undesired fertility.
   33         c. Have an income between 150 and 200 percent of the
   34  federal poverty level.
   35         d. Have no Medicaid benefits or applicable health insurance
   36  benefits.
   37         e. Have had a medical examination by a licensed health care
   38  provider within the past 6 months.
   39         f. Have a valid prescription for contraceptives that are
   40  available through the contraceptive distribution program.
   41         g. Consent to the release of necessary medical information
   42  to the county health department.
   43         2. Fees charged for the contraceptives under the program
   44  must cover the cost of purchasing and providing contraceptives
   45  to women participating in the program.
   46         3. The department may adopt rules to administer this
   47  program.
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   49  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   50         And the title is amended as follows:
   51         Delete line 12
   52  and insert:
   53  certain circumstances; amending s. 381.0203, F.S.; making
   54  technical clarifying changes to the statute; amending s.
   55  400.471, F.S.;