Florida Senate - 2024 CS for SB 516 By the Committee on Health Policy; and Senator Rodriguez 588-02648-24 2024516c1 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 insulin and insulin-related 6 supplies or equipment a specified number of times per 7 year; amending s. 893.04, F.S.; conforming a provision 8 to changes made by the act; providing an effective 9 date. 10 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 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) AnA one-timeemergency refill ofone vialofinsulin 23 and insulin-related supplies or equipment to treat diabetes 24 mellitus, not to exceed three nonconsecutive times per calendar 25 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 an emergency refillup33to one vialof insulin and insulin-related supplies or equipment 34 to treat diabetes mellitus, not to exceed three nonconsecutive 35 times per calendar year, in compliance with s. 465.0275. 36 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.