Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1378
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/24/2016           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
       (Garcia) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. This act may be cited as “Victoria’s Law.”
    6         Section 2. Present subsections (15), (16), and (17) of
    7  section 893.055, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
    8  subsections (17), (18), and (19), respectively, and new
    9  subsections (15) and (16) are added to that section, to read:
   10         893.055 Prescription drug monitoring program.—
   11         (15) Pharmacies shall offer for sale prescription lock
   12  boxes at each store location. Pharmacies shall make customers
   13  aware of the availability of the prescription lock boxes by
   14  displaying a sign on or near the pharmacy counter which measures
   15  at least 4 inches by 5 inches and includes the statement, in a
   16  legibly printed font, “Prescription Lock Boxes for Securing Your
   17  Prescription Medications Are Available at This Pharmacy.” As
   18  used in this subsection, the term “prescription lock box” means
   19  a box or a bag with a locking mechanism that cannot be tampered
   20  with or opened without the application of extreme force.
   21         (16)(a) The department may develop a written pamphlet
   22  relating to controlled substances which includes educational
   23  information about the following:
   24         1. Precautions regarding the use of pain management
   25  prescriptions.
   26         2. The potential for misuse and abuse of controlled
   27  substances by adults and children.
   28         3. The risk of controlled substance dependency and
   29  addiction.
   30         4. The proper storage and disposal of controlled
   31  substances.
   32         5. Controlled substance addiction support and treatment
   33  resources.
   34         6. Telephone helplines and website links that provide
   35  counseling and emergency assistance for individuals dealing with
   36  substance abuse.
   37         (b) If the department develops a written pamphlet relating
   38  to controlled substances, the department shall distribute copies
   39  of the pamphlet to pharmacies throughout the state and make the
   40  contents of the pamphlet available in electronic form on its
   41  website. If copies of the pamphlet are provided by the
   42  department, a pharmacist shall distribute the pamphlet to a
   43  consumer when dispensing a prescription or a controlled
   44  substance and shall offer them to consumers in a display.
   45  Pharmacies may not charge consumers a fee for the pamphlet.
   46         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.
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   48  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   49  And the title is amended as follows:
   50         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   51  and insert:
   52                        A bill to be entitled                      
   53         An act relating to drug safety; providing a short
   54         title; amending s. 893.055, F.S.; requiring pharmacies
   55         to offer for sale prescription lock boxes; requiring
   56         pharmacies to display a certain sign; defining the
   57         term “prescription lock box”; requiring the Department
   58         of Health to develop and distribute a pamphlet;
   59         requiring the pamphlet to contain certain information;
   60         requiring pharmacists to distribute the pamphlet in
   61         certain circumstances; prohibiting a pharmacy from
   62         charging a fee for the pamphlet; providing an
   63         effective date.