A. Pharmacists must possess a current license from the Florida State Board of Pharmacy in accordance with Revised Statutes of the State of Florida and shall maintain said license in good standing for the duration of the purchase order. B. The vendor shall provide at no additional cost to the County, pharmacy services at locations in areas which are not evacuated during a disaster and be prepared to accept telephone requests from the County Emergency Operations Center and fill such requests. Collier County CHS/Social Services Program will be responsible for the pick-up and delivery of any such prescriptions. C. Fill outpatient prescriptions as needed within the normal hours of 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday and 9:00 am to 12:00 pm on Saturdays, Eastern Standard Time. D. Be able to provide generic or equivalent drugs when one is available to fill the prescriptions. Prescriptions shall be limited to a thirty-day supply. E. Provide electronic transfer of invoices (billing) to a local PC by-mail a minimum of monthly per Clerk of Court’s Finance standards. Such electronic data transfer capability shall be operational within two months of start-up and the first billing shall begin within eight weeks. A name and phone number for technical assistance shall be provided in the event of file formatting issues. F. A File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or other HIPAA compatible programs to transfer encrypted client information (automatically) to the pharmacy database a minimum of twice daily, without breaking security. Full file transfer shall be done weekly. Vendor must comply with HIPAA 834 file format. G. Pharmacy locations shall be connected to a common network using the same database to monitor patient information and manage the formulary. In addition, all locations must be connected to the central system that contains client information. All clients will be given a voucher to provide to the pharmacy. Any physician can write a prescription; this includes Primary Care, specialists, emergency room physicians, dentists, etc. Collier County CHS/Social Services will not pay for prescriptions if the client does not present a voucher that shows a valid begin and end date of eligibility.
