2019 Voting Record

FAILED AARP Supported

Consumer Protection from Nonmedical Changes to Prescription Drug Formularies Senate Bill 1180 and Companion House Bill 1363 The legislation would have provided additional consumer protections by requiring a health insurer or health maintenance organization (HMO) to provide at least 60 days’ notice of changes to a prescription drug formulary. The notice would have had to have been in a readily accessible format on the insurer’s or HMO’s website. A treating physician could have requested continued coverage of a prescription drug by submitting information to the insurer or HMO at least 30 days before the effective date of the formulary change and by certifying its medical necessity on the request. prescription drugs received from a Florida-permitted pharmacy and provides a mechanism, either videoconferencing or teleconferencing, by which a pharmacist may counsel a patient at the time of dispensing. The legislation would have authorized community pharmacies to use automated dispensing systems for outpatient dispensing. Automated Pharmacy Systems House Bill 687 and Companion Senate Bill 1170 An automated dispensing system is a mechanical system that delivers Dispensing Medicinal Drugs Senate Bill 1124 and Companion House Bill 1115 The legislation would have authorized licensed prescribers to dispense 48- hour supplies, rather than 24-hour supplies, of drugs to hospital emergency department patients and discharged patients. It would have authorized a licensed prescriber to dispense 72-hour supplies of drugs, during declared states of emergency in their areas.

Sponsored by Senator Harrell and Representative Willhite

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FAILED AARP Supported

Sponsored by Representative Willhite and Senator Brandes

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FAILED AARP Supported Sponsored by Senator Mayfield and Representative Massullo

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FAILED AARP Opposed Sponsored by Senator Bean

Medicaid Eligibility Senate Bill 192

The legislation would have placed into statute a directive to the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) to seek authorization from the federal government to maintain Florida’s current waiver authority modifying the retroactive reimbursement period for services to Medicaid recipients. (See SB 2502, p. 14).

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FAILED AARP Opposed

Medicaid House Bill 5201

The legislation would have permanently continued the policy of retroactive Medicaid eligibility to the first day of the month in which a non-pregnant adult applies for Medicaid. (See SB 2502, p. 14).

Sponsored by Representative Rommel

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