Florida Senate - 2016 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 460 Ì127736>Î127736 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: OO . 02/29/2016 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Rules (Soto) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (369986) 2 3 Delete lines 270 - 273 4 and insert: 5 (c) Upon the registration of 15,000 qualified patients in 6 the compassionate use registry, approve five additional 7 dispensing organizations, which must meet the requirements of 8 subparagraphs (b)2.-7. for such approval. The solicitation of 9 applicants must occur within 30 days after the qualified patient 10 totals are met, and the applicants will have 15 calendar days to 11 submit their applications to the department. The department 12 shall score the bids and award the new licenses within 90 13 calendar days after the closing date. Any challenge to the 14 department’s award is governed by s. 120.57(3). A license may 15 not be awarded to any applicant that holds a current license or 16 that is corporately affiliated with another applicant or license 17 holder, or whose owner, investor, or related party is 18 corporately affiliated with another applicant or license holder.