Bill Text: FL S0516 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Emergency Refills of Insulin and Insulin-related Supplies or Equipment
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-03-05 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 201 [S0516 Detail]
Download: Florida-2024-S0516-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Emergency Refills of Insulin and Insulin-related Supplies or Equipment
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-03-05 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 201 [S0516 Detail]
Download: Florida-2024-S0516-Introduced.html
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. 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 of a standard unit of 23 dispensing or a 30-day supplyone vialof 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 supplyup to one vialof 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.