Florida Senate - 2024                                     SB 516
       
       
        
       By Senator Rodriguez
       
       
       
       
       
       40-00438B-24                                           2024516__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to emergency refills of insulin and
    3         insulin-related supplies or equipment; amending s.
    4         465.0275, F.S.; authorizing pharmacists to dispense an
    5         emergency refill of a standard unit of dispensing or a
    6         30-day supply of insulin and insulin-related supplies
    7         or equipment a specified number of times per year;
    8         amending s. 893.04, F.S.; conforming a provision to
    9         changes made by the act; providing an effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 465.0275, Florida
   14  Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         465.0275 Emergency prescription refill.—
   16         (1) In the event a pharmacist receives a request for a
   17  prescription refill and the pharmacist is unable to readily
   18  obtain refill authorization from the prescriber, the pharmacist
   19  may dispense:
   20         (a) A one-time emergency refill of up to a 72-hour supply
   21  of the prescribed medication; or
   22         (b) An A one-time emergency refill of a standard unit of
   23  dispensing or a 30-day supply one vial of insulin and insulin
   24  related supplies or equipment to treat diabetes mellitus, not to
   25  exceed three times per calendar year.
   26         Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 893.04, Florida
   27  Statutes, is amended to read:
   28         893.04 Pharmacist and practitioner.—
   29         (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a pharmacist may
   30  dispense a one-time emergency refill of up to a 72-hour supply
   31  of the prescribed medication for any medicinal drug other than a
   32  medicinal drug listed in Schedule II, or a standard unit of
   33  dispensing or a 30-day supply up to one vial of insulin and
   34  insulin-related supplies or equipment to treat diabetes
   35  mellitus, not to exceed three times per calendar year, in
   36  compliance with s. 465.0275.
   37         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.