Amend SB 625 as follows:                                                     
	Amend Section 1, page 2 by adding new Section 562.0142 (d):                    
	(d) If a pharmacist does not have the same drug product by the 
same manufacturer in stock to refill the prescription, or if the 
prescriber is unavailable to give authorization, the pharmacist may 
dispense a drug product that is generically equivalent if the 
pharmacist, before dispensing the generically equivalent drug 
product
		(1) notifies and receives consent from the patient, at 
the time the prescription is dispensed, to substitute the 
prescribed drug product; and
		(2) notifies the prescribing physician of the drug 
product substitution orally or electronically at the earliest 
reasonable time, but not later than 72 hours after dispensing the 
prescription.