Repackaged Drug Bill Filed in the House

The chairman of the Florida House Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee has filed the House version of a proposed cap on the price of repackaged drugs in the workers' compensation system.Rep. Matt Hudson, R-Naples, filed House Bill 511 on Friday. The bill is identical to Senate Bill 688, which Sen. Alan Hays, R-Umatilla, filed last month.Both bills have the backing of a business and insurance coalition that includes the Florida Chamber of Commerce, Associated Industries of Florida and the Florida Insurance Council.The bills would cap the price of repackaged drugs at the average wholesale...