Florida Senate - 2026                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1758
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/02/2026           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Gaetz) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete line 602
    4  and insert:
    5  chapter 120. The agency must establish procedures to ensure
    6  that:
    7         a. There is a response to a request for prior authorization
    8  for a high-cost drug by telephone or other telecommunication
    9  device within 24 hours after receipt of the request for prior
   10  authorization; and
   11         b. A 72-hour supply of the high-cost drug prescribed is
   12  provided in an emergency or when the agency does not provide a
   13  response to a prior authorization request within 24 hours as
   14  required by sub-subparagraph a.
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   16  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   17  And the title is amended as follows:
   18         Delete line 88
   19  and insert:
   20         when posting updates to such lists; requiring the
   21         agency to establish certain procedures relating to
   22         prior authorization requests for drugs on the high
   23         cost drug list; establishing an