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11 08, 2023

HB 1365 (see companion bill SB 1466)

Health Care Provider Accountability: Provides immunity to health care workers of hospitals & nursing home facilities who carry out directives of supervising health care practitioner or entity; requires AHCA to provide report on success of personal care attendant program; requires nursing home facilities to report to agency common ownership relationships they or their parent companies share with certain entities; requires agency to submit report of such reported common ownership relationships to Governor & Legislature; revises rate methodology for agency's long-term care reimbursement plan; requires agency to add quality metric to its Quality Incentive Program [...]

HB 1365 (see companion bill SB 1466)
11 08, 2023

SB 1466 (see companion bill HB 1365)

Health Care Provider Accountability: Provides immunity to health care workers of hospitals & nursing home facilities who carry out directives of supervising health care practitioner or entity; requires AHCA to provide report on success of personal care attendant program; requires nursing home facilities to report to agency common ownership relationships they or their parent companies share with certain entities; requires agency to submit report of such reported common ownership relationships to Governor & Legislature; revises rate methodology for agency's long-term care reimbursement plan; requires agency to add quality metric to its Quality Incentive Program [...]

SB 1466 (see companion bill HB 1365)
11 08, 2023

SB 1498

Invalid Restrictive Covenants in Health Care: Specifying that certain restrictive covenants in employment agreements relating to certain licensed physicians do not support a legitimate business interest; specifying such restrictive covenants are void and unenforceable, etc.

SB 1498
11 08, 2023

HB 1509 (see companion bill SB 1550)

Prescription Drugs: Requires drug manufacturers to notify DBPR of reportable drug price increases; prohibits manufacturers from claiming public records exemption for trade secrets for information provided in forms or reports; requires DFS to designate employee as primary contact on issues relating to PBMs; provides penalty for persons who do not hold certificate of authority to act as administrator; requires PBMs to identify ownership affiliations to office; provides requirements for contracts between PBM & participating pharmacy; provides for biennial examinations of PBMs.

HB 1509 (see companion bill SB 1550)
11 08, 2023

SB 1550 (see companion bill HB 1509)

Prescription Drugs: Citing this act as the "Prescription Drug Reform Act"; specifying additional prohibited acts related to the Florida Drug and Cosmetic Act; requiring certain drug manufacturers to notify the Department of Business and Professional Regulation of reportable drug price increases on a specified form on the effective date of such increase; requiring the Division of Consumer Services of the Department of Financial Services to designate an employee as the primary contact for consumer complaints involving pharmacy benefit managers; providing a grandfathering provision for certain pharmacy benefit managers operating as administrators; requiring pharmacy benefits [...]

SB 1550 (see companion bill HB 1509)
11 08, 2023

SB 112 (see companion bill HB 183)

Medicaid Step-therapy Protocols for Drugs for Serious Mental Illness Treatments: Defines "serious mental illness"; requires AHCA to approve drug products for Medicaid recipients for treatment of serious mental illness without step-therapy prior authorization; directs agency to include rate impact of this act in certain program rates that become effective on specified date.

SB 112 (see companion bill HB 183)
11 08, 2023

SB 46 (see companion bill HB 1063)

Health Insurance Cost Sharing: Requiring specified individual health insurers and their pharmacy benefit managers to apply payments by or on behalf of insureds toward the total contributions of the insureds’ cost-sharing requirements; requiring specified contracts to require pharmacy benefit managers to apply payments by or on behalf of insureds toward the insureds’ total contributions to cost-sharing requirements; requiring specified group health insurers and their pharmacy benefit managers to apply payments by or on behalf of insureds toward the total contributions of the insureds’ cost-sharing requirements; requiring specified contracts to require pharmacy benefit managers to [...]

SB 46 (see companion bill HB 1063)
11 08, 2023

HB 1063 (see companion bill SB 46)

Health Insurance Cost Sharing: Requiring specified individual health insurers and their pharmacy benefit managers to apply payments by or on behalf of insureds toward the total contributions of the insureds’ cost-sharing requirements; requiring specified contracts to require pharmacy benefit managers to apply payments by or on behalf of insureds toward the insureds’ total contributions to cost-sharing requirements; requiring specified group health insurers and their pharmacy benefit managers to apply payments by or on behalf of insureds toward the total contributions of the insureds’ cost-sharing requirements; requiring specified contracts to require pharmacy benefit managers to [...]

HB 1063 (see companion bill SB 46)