CS/HB 433

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to prescribed drugs; amending ss. 465.003
3	and 465.019, F.S.; authorizing the use of an institutional
4	formulary system in a Class I institutional pharmacy at
5	which, with certain exceptions, all medicinal drugs are
6	administered from individual prescription containers to
7	the patient and medicinal drugs are not dispensed on the
8	premises; amending s. 627.4239, F.S.; revising the
9	definition of the term "standard reference compendium" for
10	purposes of regulating the insurance coverage of drugs
11	used in the treatment of cancer; providing an effective
12	date.
13
14	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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16	Section 1.  Subsection (7) of section 465.003, Florida
17	Statutes, is amended to read:
18	465.003  Definitions.--As used in this chapter, the term:
19	(7)  "Institutional formulary system" means a method
20	whereby the medical staff evaluates, appraises, and selects
21	those medicinal drugs or proprietary preparations which in the
22	medical staff's clinical judgment are most useful in patient
23	care, and which are available for dispensing by a practicing
24	pharmacist in a Class I or Class II institutional pharmacy.
25	Section 2.  Subsection (6) of section 465.019, Florida
26	Statutes, is amended to read:
27	465.019  Institutional pharmacies; permits.--
28	(6)  In a Class I or Class II institutional pharmacy, an
29	institutional formulary system may be adopted with approval of
30	the medical staff for the purpose of identifying those medicinal
31	drugs and proprietary preparations that may be dispensed by a
32	practicing pharmacist the pharmacists employed in such an
33	institutional pharmacy institution. A facility with a Class I or
34	Class II institutional permit which is operating under the
35	formulary system shall establish policies and procedures for the
36	development of the system, in accordance with the joint
37	standards of the American Hospital Association and American
38	Society of Hospital Pharmacists, for the use utilization of an
39	institutional a hospital formulary system, which formulary shall
40	be approved by the medical staff.
41	Section 3.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
42	627.4239, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
43	627.4239  Coverage for use of drugs in treatment of
44	cancer.--
45	(1)  DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the term:
46	(b)  "Standard reference compendium" means an authoritative
47	compendium identified by the Secretary of the United States
48	Department of Health and Human Services and recognized by the
49	federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services:
50	1.  The United States Pharmacopeia Drug Information;
51	2.  The American Medical Association Drug Evaluations; or
52	3.  The American Hospital Formulary Service Drug
53	Information.
54	Section 4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.

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