[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4587 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4587

   To amend the Public Health Service Act to include rural emergency 
  hospitals in the definition of a covered entity for purposes of the 
         drug discount program under section 340B of such Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 18, 2024

  Mr. Peters introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Public Health Service Act to include rural emergency 
  hospitals in the definition of a covered entity for purposes of the 
         drug discount program under section 340B of such Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rural 340B Access Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. INCLUDING RURAL EMERGENCY HOSPITALS AS COVERED ENTITIES FOR 
              PURPOSES OF THE DRUG DISCOUNT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 340B(a)(4) of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 256b(a)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
                    ``(P)(i) An entity that is a rural emergency 
                hospital (as defined in section 1861(kkk)(2) of the 
                Social Security Act) that is owned or operated by a 
                unit of State or local government, is a public or 
                private non-profit corporation that is formally granted 
                governmental powers by a unit of State or local 
                government, or is a private non-profit rural emergency 
                hospital that has a contract with a State or local 
                government to provide health care services to low 
                income individuals who are not entitled to benefits 
                under title XVIII of the Social Security Act or 
                eligible for assistance under a State plan under title 
                XIX of such Act.
                    ``(ii) In the case of an entity that meets the 
                requirements described in clause (i) after the date of 
                enactment of the Rural 340B Access Act of 2024, such 
                entity shall not be considered to be a covered entity 
                for purposes of this paragraph unless such entity was, 
                as of the date of enactment of the Rural 340B Access 
                Act of 2024, a covered entity under subparagraph (L) of 
                this paragraph.''.
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