995071                                                     
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL                          Committee       Amendment
SB2000                                                  BHA              29


Senator(s) Negron moved the following LATE FILED amendment:

Section: 03              EXPLANATION:

On Page: 057             Revises the proviso immediately following Specifiic 
                         Appropriation 193 relating to pharmacy mail order 
Spec App:  193           delivery services to include community pharmacies.

NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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                                               Positions & Amount   Positions & Amount
                                                     DELETE         INSERT

        AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
        Program: Health Care Services
        Medicaid Services To Individuals  68501400

        In Section 03  On Page 057
193     Special Categories  102681
        Prescribed Medicine/Drugs  IOEE

DELETE the proviso immediately following Specific Appropriation 193:

From  the  funds  in  Specific Appropriation 193, the agency shall issue
an invitation to negotiate with a pharmacy or pharmacies to provide mail
order  delivery services at no cost to the patients who elect to receive
their  drugs  in  this  manner  for patients with chronic disease states
including  but  not  limited  to  congestive  heart  failure,  diabetes,
HIV/AIDS,  patients  suffering from end stage renal disease or cancer in
order  to  assist  Medicaid  patients  in  securing prescriptions and to
reduce  program  costs. The agency shall select patients appropriate for
this  mail  order  project and shall limit the number of participants to
20,000 patients statewide. 


Insert proviso immediately following Specific Appropriation 193:

From  the  funds  in  Specific Appropriation 193, the agency shall issue
an invitation to negotiate with a pharmacy or pharmacies to provide mail
order  delivery services at no cost to the patients who elect to receive
their  drugs  in  this  manner  for patients with chronic disease states

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including  but  not  limited  to  congestive  heart  failure,  diabetes,
HIV/AIDS,  patients  suffering from end stage renal disease or cancer in
order  to  assist  Medicaid  patients  in  securing prescriptions and to
reduce  program  costs. The agency shall select patients appropriate for
this  mail  order  project and shall limit the number of participants to
20,000 patients statewide.  The Agency for Health Care Administration 
shall authorize any community pharmacy with a Medicaid provider number 
the opportunity to offer a 90 day supply of prescription drugs to 
patients with the same chronic medical conditions specified in this 
proviso under the condition that the community pharmacy agrees to accept 
a dispensing fee which is 1.5 times the amount of the dispensing fee 
paid for a 30 day prescription.







































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