Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 2422
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/06/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Storms)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 13 and 14
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 409.91195, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         409.91195 Medicaid Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics
    8  Committee.—There is created a Medicaid Pharmaceutical and
    9  Therapeutics Committee within the agency for the purpose of
   10  developing a Medicaid preferred drug list.
   11         (1) The committee shall be composed of 11 members appointed
   12  by the Governor. Four members shall be physicians, licensed
   13  under chapter 458; one member licensed under chapter 459; five
   14  members shall be pharmacists licensed under chapter 465; and one
   15  member shall be a consumer representative who is enrolled in the
   16  Medicaid program. The members shall be appointed to serve for
   17  terms of 2 years from the date of their appointment. Members may
   18  be appointed to more than one term. The agency shall serve as
   19  staff for the committee and assist them with all ministerial
   20  duties. The Governor shall ensure that at least some of the
   21  members of the committee represent Medicaid participating
   22  physicians and pharmacies serving all segments and diversity of
   23  the Medicaid population, and have experience in either
   24  developing or practicing under a preferred drug list. At least
   25  one of the members shall represent the interests of
   26  pharmaceutical manufacturers.
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   29         And the title is amended as follows:
   30         Delete lines 2 - 4
   31  and insert:
   32         An act relating to Medicaid; amending s. 409.91195,
   33         F.S.; revising the membership of the Medicaid
   34         Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee within the
   35         Agency for Health Care Administration to include a
   36         member who is enrolled in the Medicaid program;
   37         amending s. 409.912, F.S.; requiring that funds repaid
   38         to the agency by managed care plans that