HB 57 — Dispensing Medicinal Drugs

F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HBCS/HB 57 2020 A bill to be entitled An act relating to dispensing medicinal drugs;

authorizing certain individualshospitals to prescribe and dispense a limited supply of medicinal drugs to a patient of an emergency department of a hospital or a patient discharged from a hospital under certain circumstances;

providing drug supply requirements for the prescribing or dispensing of such drugs in specified areas;

authorizing a prescriber to provide a patient with a prescription for medicinal drugs for use beyond the initial prescription period under certain circumstances;

requiring the prescribing or dispensing of a controlled substance to comply with certain statutory requirements;

permits.— (4)(4)(a) Medicinal drugs shall be dispensed in an institutional pharmacy to outpatients only when that institution has secured a community pharmacy permit from the department.

However, an individual licensed to prescribe medicinal drugs in this state may be dispensed by dispense up to a 24-hour supply of a medicinal drug to any patient of an emergency department of a hospital that operates a Class II or Class III institutional pharmacy to a patient of the hospital's emergency department or a hospital inpatient upon discharge, if the prescriber provided that the physician treating the patient in such hospital hospital's emergency department determines that the medicinal Page 1 of 23 CODING:

hb0057-00hb0057-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HBCS/HB 57 2020 this state may be dispensed by dispense up to a 24-hour supply of a medicinal drug to any patient of an emergency department of a hospital that operates a Class II or Class III institutional pharmacy to a patient of the hospital's emergency department or a hospital inpatient upon discharge, if the prescriber provided that the physician treating the patient in such hospital hospital's emergency department determines that the medicinal drug is warranted and that community pharmacy services are not readily accessible, geographically or otherwise, to the patient.

Such prescribing and dispensing from the emergency department must be for thea greatersupply of in accordance with the proceduresdrug ofthat thewill hospital.last:

For1. any such patient for whom a medicinal drug is warranted for a period to exceed 24 hours, an individual licensed to prescribe such drug must dispense a 24-hour supply of such drug or a supply of such drug which must last until the next business day to the patient and the prescriber must provide the patient with a prescription for such drug for use after such the initial 24-hour period.

TheUp board may adopt rules necessary to carry48 outhours; the provisions of this subsection.

or 2.

Through the end of the next business day, whichever is greater.

(b) Notwithstanding subparagraph (a)1., if a state of emergency has been declared and is in effect for an area of the 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 from the emergency department must be in accordance with the procedures of the hospital.

For any such patient for whom a medicinal drug is warranted for a period to exceed 24 hours, an individual licensed to prescribe such drug must dispense a 24-hour supply of such drug to the patient and must provide the patient with a prescription for such drug for Page 2 of 3 CODING:

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hb0057-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB 57 2020 use after the initial 24-hour period.

(c) A prescriber 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.

Any prescribing or dispensing of a controlled substance under this subsection must comply with the applicable requirements of ss.

456.44 and 465.0276.

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

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