Florida SB 1142: Expunction and Sealing of Criminal History Records

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Pharmacy 
2026-01-05T12:01:17Z 
Revising the definition of the term “health care facility” to include health care clinics owned by a hospital or physicians who work for a hospital; defining the term “covered prescription drug”; revising requirements for provider contracts between pharmacy benefit managers and certain licensed pharmacies to allow for the administration and dispensing of covered prescription drugs offsite, as well as onsite, as part of outpatient care, etc. 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1142 

 By Senator Wright 

 8-01278-26 20261142__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to pharmacy; amending s. 465.0125, 
 3 F.S.; revising the definition of the term “health care 
 4 facility” to include health care clinics owned by a 
 5 hospital or physicians who work for a hospital; 
 6 amending s. 626.8825, F.S.; defining the term “covered 
 7 prescription drug”; revising requirements for provider 
 8 contracts between pharmacy benefit managers and 
 9 certain licensed pharmacies to allow for the 
 10 administration and dispensing of covered prescription 
 11 drugs offsite, as well as onsite, as part of 
 12 outpatient care; providing an effective date. 
 13 
 14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 15 
 16 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section 
 17 465.0125, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 18 465.0125 Consultant pharmacist license; application, 
 19 renewal, fees; responsibilities; rules.— 
 20 (1) The department shall issue or renew a consultant 
 21 pharmacist license upon receipt of an initial or renewal 
 22 application that conforms to the requirements for consultant 
 23 pharmacist initial licensure or renewal as adopted by the board 
 24 by rule and a fee set by the board not to exceed $250. To be 
 25 licensed as a consultant pharmacist, a pharmacist must complete 
 26 additional training as required by the board. 
 27 (e) For purposes of this subsection, the term “health care 
 28 facility” means an ambulatory surgical center or hospital 
 29 licensed under chapter 395, an alcohol or chemical dependency 
 30 treatment center licensed under chapter 397, an inpatient 
 31 hospice licensed under part IV of chapter 400, a nursing home 
 32 licensed under part II of chapter 400, an ambulatory care center 
 33 as defined in s. 408.07, or a nursing home component under 
 34 chapter 400 within a continuing care facility licensed under 
 35 chapter 651, or a health care clinic licensed under part X of 
 36 chapter 400 which is owned by a hospital or by one or more 
 37 physicians that are employed by a hospital. 
 38 Section 2. Present paragraphs (e) through (x) of subsection 
 39 (1) of section 626.8825, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as 
 40 paragraphs (f) through (y), respectively, a new paragraph (e) is 
 41 added to that subsection, and paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of 
 42 that section is amended, to read: 
 43 626.8825 Pharmacy benefit manager transparency and 
 44 accountability.— 
 45 (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 
 46 (e) “Covered prescription drug” means any drug or biologic 
 47 included in a pharmacy benefit manager’s formulary which is paid 
 48 for as a pharmacy benefit under the plan at any of the plan’s 
 49 network pharmacies. 
 50 (2) CONTRACTS BETWEEN A PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGER AND A 
 51 PHARMACY BENEFITS PLAN OR PROGRAM.—In addition to any other 
 52 requirements in the Florida Insurance Code, all contractual 
 53 arrangements executed, amended, adjusted, or renewed on or after 
 54 July 1, 2023, which are applicable to pharmacy benefits covered 
 55 on or after January 1, 2024, between a pharmacy benefit manager 
 56 and a pharmacy benefits plan or program must include, in 
 57 substantial form, terms that ensure compliance with all of the 
 58 following requirements and that, except to the extent not 
 59 allowed by law, shall supersede any contractual terms to the 
 60 contrary: 
 61 (e) Include network adequacy requirements that meet or 
 62 exceed Medicare Part D program standards for convenient access 
 63 to the network pharmacies set forth in 42 C.F.R. s. 
 64 423.120(a)(1) and that: 
 65 1. Do not limit a network to solely include affiliated 
 66 pharmacies; 
 67 2. Require a pharmacy benefit manager to offer a provider 
 68 contract to licensed pharmacies physically located on the 
 69 physical site of providers that are: 
 70 a. Within the pharmacy benefits plan’s or program’s 
 71 geographic service area and that have been specifically 
 72 designated as essential providers by the Agency for Health Care 
 73 Administration pursuant to s. 409.975(1)(a); 
 74 b. Designated as cancer centers of excellence under s. 
 75 381.925, regardless of the pharmacy benefits plan’s or program’s 
 76 geographic service area; 
 77 c. Organ transplant hospitals, regardless of the pharmacy 
 78 benefits plan’s or program’s ge