Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 8-A
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  01/08/2009           .                                
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                Floor: 1/AD/2R         .                                
             01/09/2009 12:04 PM       .                                
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       The Committee on Policy and Steering Committee on Ways and Means
       (Peaden) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2         
    3         Delete lines 60 - 64
    4  and insert:
    5  lower of: average wholesale price (AWP) minus 16.4 percent,
    6  wholesaler acquisition cost (WAC) plus 4.75 percent, the federal
    7  upper limit (FUL), the state maximum allowable cost (SMAC), or
    8  the usual and customary (UAC) charge billed by the provider;
    9  however, the Medicaid maximum allowable fee for ingredient cost
   10  for pharmacy chains that have five or more stores in the state
   11  under common ownership shall be based on the lower of: average
   12  wholesale price (AWP) minus 18.4 percent, wholesaler acquisition
   13  cost (WAC) plus 2.75 percent, the federal upper limit (FUL), the
   14  state maximum allowable cost (SMAC), or the usual and customary
   15  (UAC) charge billed by the provider. Medicaid providers are
   16  required to dispense generic
   17         
   18         Delete lines 189 - 192
   19  and insert:
   20  (AWP) minus 16.4 percent, the wholesaler acquisition cost (WAC)
   21  plus 4.75 percent, the federal upper limit (FUL), the state
   22  maximum allowable cost (SMAC), or the usual and customary (UAC)
   23  charge billed by the provider; however, reimbursement for
   24  Medicaid prescribed drugs for pharmacy chains that have five or
   25  more stores in the state under common ownership shall be set at
   26  the lesser of: average wholesale price (AWP) minus 18.4 percent,
   27  wholesaler acquisition cost (WAC) plus 2.75 percent, the federal
   28  upper limit (FUL), the state maximum allowable cost (SMAC), or
   29  the usual and customary (UAC) charge billed by the provider.
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   31  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   32         And the title is amended as follows:
   33         Delete line 4
   34  and insert:
   35  reimbursed to certain pharmacy chains in the state for drugs