Florida House Bill 483 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on May 3 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-05-03 - Died in Health Quality Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 662 (Ch. 2013-131)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibits employer or carrier from refusing to authorize physician to treat injured employee solely because physician is dispensing practitioner; provides for authorized physician to dispense & fill prescriptions; prohibits DFA, employer, or carrier from determining which pharmacy, pharmacist, or dispensing practitioner claimant must use; specifies amount of credit provider must give to carrier or self-insured employer for certain repackaged or relabeled prescriptions; prohibits physician or physician's assignee from holding an ownership interest in licensed pharmaceutical repackaging entity & from setting prices for repackaged pharmaceuticals.

Workers' Compensation

Rep. Jose Diaz [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-03	House	Died in Health Quality Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 662 (Ch. 2013-131)
2013-03-05	House	Introduced
2013-01-30	House	Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee
2013-01-22	House	Filed

S1662 (Similar To) 2013-05-03 - Died in Banking and Insurance, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 662 (Ch. 2013-131)
H0605 (Similar To) 2013-04-30 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 662 (Ch. 2013-131)
S0662 (Similar To) 2013-06-10 - Chapter No. 2013-131

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
440	13		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/483
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0483/BillText/Filed/PDF