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Tropical Storm Nicole – Early Prescription Refills Permitted Under State of Emergency
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On November 7, 2022, Governor Ron DeSantis issued Government Order 22-253, increasing the State of Emergency to 34 counties within the potential path of Tropical Storm Nicole. The 34 counties are: Brevard, Broward, Charlotte, Citrus, Clay, Collier, DeSoto, Duval, Flagler, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lake, Lee, Manatee, Martin, Miami-Dade, Nassau, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Palm Seaside, Pasco, Polk, Putnam, Sarasota, Seminole, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Sumter, and Volusia.
The Florida Division of Well being (Division) is working with emergency managers statewide to arrange for any impacts to communities and reminds Floridians to have sufficient of prescriptions available within the occasion pharmacies are briefly unavailable. Below a State of Emergency, Floridians are permitted to obtain early prescription refills no matter typical limits.
On November 7, 2022, the Division distributed a supplier alert concerning early prescription refills below an Government Order to all licensed pharmacists and pharmacies.
Moreover, the Florida Workplace of Insurance coverage Regulation (OIR) has issued the next reminder to all well being insurers, managed care organizations, and well being entities:
Florida Legislation Reminder for Early Prescription Refills
This discover is a reminder that every one well being insurers, managed care organizations, and different well being entities should adjust to provisions of part 252.358, Florida Statutes, which permits for early prescription refills within the occasion the Governor points an Government Order declaring a State of Emergency. This mandate stays in impact till the Governor’s Government Order is rescinded or expires. Please be ruled accordingly.
Government Order 22-253
In accordance with part 252.358, F.S., emergency-preparedness prescription medicine refills:
- All well being insurers, managed care organizations, and different entities which can be licensed by the Workplace of Insurance coverage Regulation and supply prescription medicine protection as a part of a coverage or contract shall waive time restrictions on prescription medicine refills, which embody suspension of digital “refill too quickly” edits to pharmacies, to allow insureds or subscribers to refill prescriptions prematurely, if there are licensed refills remaining, and shall authorize cost to pharmacies for not less than a 30-day provide of any prescription medicine, whatever the date upon which the prescription had most lately been crammed by a pharmacist, when the next situations happen:
- (1) The individual searching for the prescription medicine refill resides in a county that:
- (a) Is below a hurricane warning issued by the Nationwide Climate Service;
- (b) Is asserted to be below a state of emergency in an government order issued by the Governor; or
- (c) Has activated its emergency operations middle and its emergency administration plan.
- (2) The prescription medicine refill is requested inside 30 days after the origination date of the situations said on this part or till such situations are terminated by the issuing authority or not exist. The time interval for the waiver of prescription medicine refills could also be prolonged in 15- or 30-day increments by emergency orders issued by the Workplace of Insurance coverage Regulation.
This part doesn’t excuse or exempt an insured or subscriber from compliance with all different phrases of the coverage or contract offering prescription medicine protection.
Division of Well being
The Florida Division of Well being is answerable for the regulation of well being practitioners for the preservation of the well being, security, and welfare of the general public. The Licensing and Regulation Part supplies data referring to skilled, facility, and allow licensing together with data on enforcement.
OIR
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