Florida Senate - 2016                      CS for CS for SB 1378
       
       
        
       By the Committees on Fiscal Policy; and Health Policy; and
       Senator Garcia
       
       594-04394-16                                          20161378c2
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to drug safety; providing a short
    3         title; amending s. 893.055, F.S.; requiring pharmacies
    4         to offer for sale prescription lock boxes; requiring
    5         pharmacies to display a certain sign; defining the
    6         term “prescription lock box”; authorizing the
    7         Department of Health to develop and distribute a
    8         pamphlet containing certain information; providing for
    9         the distribution of the pamphlet by pharmacists in
   10         certain circumstances; prohibiting a pharmacy from
   11         charging a fee for the pamphlet; providing an
   12         effective date.
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   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   16         Section 1. This act may be cited as “Victoria’s Law.”
   17         Section 2. Present subsections (15), (16), and (17) of
   18  section 893.055, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
   19  subsections (17), (18), and (19), respectively, and new
   20  subsections (15) and (16) are added to that section, to read:
   21         893.055 Prescription drug monitoring program.—
   22         (15) Pharmacies shall offer for sale prescription lock
   23  boxes at each store location. Pharmacies shall make customers
   24  aware of the availability of the prescription lock boxes by
   25  displaying a sign on or near the pharmacy counter which measures
   26  at least 4 inches by 5 inches and includes the statement, in a
   27  legibly printed font, “Prescription Lock Boxes for Securing Your
   28  Prescription Medications Are Available at This Pharmacy.” As
   29  used in this subsection, the term “prescription lock box” means
   30  a box or a bag with a locking mechanism that cannot be tampered
   31  with or opened without the application of extreme force.
   32         (16)(a) The department may develop a written pamphlet
   33  relating to controlled substances which includes educational
   34  information about the following:
   35         1. Precautions regarding the use of pain management
   36  prescriptions.
   37         2. The potential for misuse and abuse of controlled
   38  substances by adults and children.
   39         3. The risk of controlled substance dependency and
   40  addiction.
   41         4. The proper storage and disposal of controlled
   42  substances.
   43         5. Controlled substance addiction support and treatment
   44  resources.
   45         6. Telephone helplines and website links that provide
   46  counseling and emergency assistance for individuals dealing with
   47  substance abuse.
   48         (b) If the department develops a written pamphlet relating
   49  to controlled substances, the department shall distribute copies
   50  of the pamphlet to pharmacies throughout the state and make the
   51  contents of the pamphlet available in electronic form on its
   52  website. If copies of the pamphlet are provided by the
   53  department, a pharmacist shall distribute the pamphlet to a
   54  consumer when dispensing a prescription or a controlled
   55  substance and shall offer them to consumers in a display.
   56  Pharmacies may not charge consumers a fee for the pamphlet.
   57         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.