Florida HB 573: Educator Certification Pathways for Veterans

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HB 573 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to discounted drug pricing study; 2
requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to 3
conduct or contract for a specified study; providing 4
requirements for such study; requiring the agency to 5
provide the results to the Governor and the 6
Legislature by a specified date; providing an 7
effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. (1) The Agency for Health Care Administration 12
shall conduct or contract for a detailed fiscal impact study to 13
determine the feasibility of implementing the following 14
provisions relating to discounted drug prices under the 340B 15
Drug Pricing Program: 16
(a)1. Requiring drug manufacturers to sell a drug to 17
Medicaid pharmacies at not more than the 340B Drug Pricing 18
Program discounted price if the drug is: 19
a. On the Medicaid preferred drug list as described in s. 20
409.912(5), Florida Statutes. 21
b. A covered drug under the 340B Drug Pricing Program. 22
2. Authorizing drug manufacturers to deliver drugs sold in 23
accordance with subparagraph 1. to the purchasing Medicaid 24
pharmacy by any method used by the drug manufacturer. 25

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3. If a drug manufacturer sells a drug in accordance with 26
subparagraph 1. to a Medicaid pharmacy at the 340B Drug Pricing 27
Program discounted price and such discounted price is higher 28
than the state Medicaid negotiated price, requiring the drug 29
manufacturer to pay a rebate to the state equal to the 30
difference between the discounted price and the state Medicaid 31
negotiated price. 32
(b) Requiring pharmacy benefits managers participating in 33
the Medicaid program to pay a Medicaid pharmacy the 340B Drug 34
Pricing Program discounted price plus the professional 35
dispensing fee as determined under rule 59G-4.251, Florida 36
Administrative Code, as amended, for any drug that is on the 37
Medicaid preferred drug list as described in s. 409.912(5), 38
Florida Statutes, and that is a covered drug under the 340B Drug 39
Pricing Program. 40
(c)1. Requiring drug wholesalers and distributors to sell 41
a drug to a Medicaid pharmacy at the 340B Drug Pricing Program 42
discounted price if the drug is: 43
a. On the Medicaid preferred drug list as described in s. 44
409.912(5), Florida Statutes. 45
b. A covered drug under the 340B Drug Pricing Program. 46
2. Prohibiting drug wholesalers and distributors from 47
changing an existing pricing model or program that is in place 48
with a Medicaid pharmacy by exempting a drug described in 49
paragraph (a) from the pricing model or program or by 50

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referencing such drug in any way in the pricing model or 51
program. 52
(d) Requiring Medicaid pharmacies to provide a covered 53
drug under the 340B Drug Pricing Program at the discounted price 54
only to Medicaid recipients. 55
(2) The agency shall submit the results of the study to 56
the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of 57
the House of Representatives, by January 31, 2027. 58
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 59