Bill Text: FL S0662 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Workers' Compensation
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-10 - Chapter No. 2013-131 [S0662 Detail]
Download: Florida-2013-S0662-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Workers' Compensation
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-10 - Chapter No. 2013-131 [S0662 Detail]
Download: Florida-2013-S0662-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2013 SB 662 By Senator Hays 11-00036D-13 2013662__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to workers’ compensation; amending s. 3 440.13, F.S.; revising requirements for determining 4 the amount of a reimbursement for repackaged or 5 relabeled prescription medication; providing 6 limitations; providing an effective date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (12) of section 11 440.13, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 12 440.13 Medical services and supplies; penalty for 13 violations; limitations.— 14 (12) CREATION OF THREE-MEMBER PANEL; GUIDES OF MAXIMUM 15 REIMBURSEMENT ALLOWANCES.— 16 (c) As to reimbursement for a prescription medication, 17 regardless of the location from which or the provider from whom 18 the claimant receives the prescription medication, the 19 reimbursement amountfor a prescriptionshall be the average 20 wholesale price plus $4.18 for the dispensing fee, unlessexcept21wherethe carrier has contracted for a lower amount. If the drug 22 has been repackaged or relabeled, the reimbursement amount shall 23 be calculated by multiplying the number of units dispensed times 24 the per-unit average wholesale price set by the original 25 manufacturer of the underlying drug, which may not be the 26 manufacturer of the repackaged or relabeled drug, plus a $4.18 27 dispensing fee, unless the carrier has contracted for a lower 28 amount. The repackaged or relabeled drug price may not exceed 29 the amount otherwise payable had the drug not been repackaged or 30 relabeled. Fees for pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical services 31 shall be reimbursable at the applicable fee schedule amount. If 32Wherethe employer or carrier has contracted for such services 33 and the employee elects to obtain them through a provider not a 34 party to the contract, the carrier shall reimburse at the 35 schedule, negotiated, or contract price, whichever is lower.No36 Such contract may notshallrely on a provider that is not 37 reasonably accessible to the employee. 38 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.