Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 406
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/04/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Bradley) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 502 - 522
    4  and insert:
    5         (d) By October 3, 2017, register five additional MMTCs with
    6  at least one of the MMTCs being an applicant that is a
    7  recognized class member of Pigford v. Glickman, 185 F.R.D. 82
    8  (D.D.C. 1999), or In re Black Farmers Litig., 856 F. Supp. 2d 1
    9  (D.D.C. 2011), and a member of the Black Farmers and
   10  Agriculturalists Association.
   11         (e) Within 6 months after each instance of the registration
   12  of 75,000 qualifying patients with the compassionate use
   13  registry, register four additional MMTCs if a sufficient number
   14  of MMTC applicants meet the registration requirements
   15  established in this section and by department rule.
   16         (f) Not issue more than one registration as an MMTC to a
   17  person or an entity.
   18         (g) The department shall Develop an application form for
   19  registration as an MMTC and impose an initial application and
   20  biennial renewal fee that is sufficient to cover the costs of
   21  administering this section. To be registered as an MMTC, the an
   22  applicant for approval as a dispensing organization must be able
   23  to demonstrate:
   24         1. That the applicant has been registered to do business in
   25  this state for the previous 5 consecutive years before
   26  submitting the application.