Changes are coming to Florida’s prescription drug market as Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling on lawmakers to help lower the cost of prescription drugs in the upcoming legislative session.

The governor is calling this proposed action the most comprehensive prescription drug legislation in state history. So far, few details have been released, but DeSantis said he ultimately wants to regulate the middleman between insurance companies, pharmacies and consumers.

Those middlemen are third-party benefit managers, and DeSantis says they’re driving up costs.

Saying a detailed plan is still in the works, DeSantis claimed the bill will prohibit spread pricing — a process where the managers charge more than the actual prescription cost. DeSantis said the proposal also will ban forced mail-in prescriptions, allowing consumers to price shop more freely within their community.

Experts say small businesses may benefit under the proposal as well. The bill, among other things, bans clawbacks — something that happens when a company circles back for more money after a prescription is filled.

Dawn Butterfield, an independent pharmacist in Cocoa Beach, said news of the changes got her attention.

“We are hearing every day patients that want to use our pharmacy that are forced to go either to a retail channel or mail order or specialty that they don’t want to do," she said. "They want to be with us.”

According to AARP, most Americans spend about $1,300 a year on prescription medicines.

Republican lawmakers are set to take up the proposal in March at the start of the upcoming legislative session.