SB 100 — Dispensing Medicinal Drugs

Florida Senate - 2020 CS for SB 100 By Senatorthe HarrellCommittee 25-00202-20on 2020100__Appropriations; A bill to be entitled An act relating to dispensing medicinal drugs;

and Senators Harrell, Cruz, and Stewart 576-03162-20 2020100c1 A bill to be entitled An act relating to dispensing medicinal drugs;

authorizing individualscertain licensedhospitals to prescribe medicinal drugs to dispense asupplies 48-hourof supply,prescribed rathermedicinal thandrugs in a 24-hourspecified supply,amount of such drugs to anyemergency patient,department includingpatients aor dischargedinpatients patient,upon discharge under certain circumstances;

authorizing sucha individualsgreater specified supply of medicinal drugs to dispensebe aprescribed 72-hourand supplydispensed ifin areas in which a state of emergency has been declared inand theis area;in effect;

authorizing sucha individualsprescriber to provide prescriptionsa patient with a prescription for anmedicinal additionaldrugs supplybeyond ofthe suchinitial drugs;prescription period under certain circumstances;

1415 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

1617 Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 465.019, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

However, an individual licensed to prescribe medicinal drugs in this state may be dispensed by dispense up to a 48-hour 24-hour supply of a medicinal drug to any patient of,of or patient discharged from, an emergency department of a hospital that operates a Class II or Class III institutional pharmacy,pharmacy providedto thata thepatient physicianof who is treating the patienthospital′s in such hospital’s emergency department,department or whoa ishospital treatinginpatient theupon dischargeddischarge patient,if determinesa thatprescriber, theas medicinaldefined drugin iss. warranted and that community pharmacy services are not readily accessible, geographically or otherwise, to the patient.

Such465.025(1), dispensingprovided fromthat the physician treating the patient in such hospital hospital’s emergency department todetermines anythat patient,the includingmedicinal adrug dischargedis patient,warranted mustand bethat incommunity accordancepharmacy withservices theare proceduresnot ofreadily accessible, geographically or otherwise, to the hospital.patient.

ForSuch anyprescribing suchand patientdispensing forfrom whomthe aemergency medicinaldepartment drugmust isbe warrantedin foraccordance awith periodthe toprocedures exceedof 48the 24hospital hours, an individual licensed to prescribe such drug must dispensebe for a 48-hour 24-hour supply of suchthe drug tothat thewill patientlast andfor must provide the patientgreater withof a prescription for such drug for use after the initialfollowing: 48 hour 24-hour period.

(b) Notwithstanding1. Up paragraph (a), if a state of emergency has been declared for an area of the state pursuant to s.48 hours;

252.36, an individual licensed to prescribe medicinal drugs in this state may dispense up to a 72-hour supply of a medicinal drug to any patient of, or patient2. Through dischargedthe from,end an emergency department of a hospital located in that area which operates a Class II or Class III institutional pharmacy, provided that the physiciannext whobusiness isday. treating the patient in such hospital’s emergency department, or who is treating the discharged patient, determines that the medicinal drug is warranted and that community pharmacy services are not readily accessible, geographically or otherwise, to the patient.

Such(b) Notwithstanding dispensingsubparagraph from(a)1., theif emergencya departmentstate toof anyemergency patient,has includingbeen adeclared dischargedand patient,is must be in accordanceeffect withfor thean proceduresarea of thethis hospital.state pursuant to s.

252.36, a supply of a medicinal drug that will last up to 72 hours may be prescribed and dispensed under paragraph (a) in that area For any such patient for whom a medicinal drug is warranted for a period to exceed 7224 hours, an individual licensed to prescribe such drug shallmust dispense a 72-hour24 hour supply of such drug to the patient and shallmust provide the patient with a prescription for such drug for use after the initial 72-hour24-hour period.

(c) The(c) A boardprescriber mayas adoptdefined rulesin necessarys. to implement carry out the provisions of this subsection.

465.025(1) who prescribes medicinal drugs under this subsection may provide the patient with a prescription for such drug for use beyond the initial prescription period if the prescriber determines that such use is warranted.

(d) The board may adopt rules necessary to implement carry out the provisions of this subsection.