[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 151 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 151

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit payments under 
             a State plan to certain vaccine manufacturers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 21 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

 Mr. Danforth introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit payments under 
             a State plan to certain vaccine manufacturers.

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

SECTION 1. REIMBURSEMENT TO VACCINE MANUFACTURERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1902(a)(32) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396a(32)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (B);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) nothing in this paragraph shall be construed 
                to prevent the making of such a payment to a 
                manufacturer of a childhood vaccine under a contract 
                with the State, pursuant to which the manufacturer--
                            ``(i) supplies without charge doses of 
                        childhood vaccines to providers administering 
                        such vaccines to individuals eligible to 
                        receive medical assistance under the State 
                        plan,
                            ``(ii) replaces such vaccines as needed, 
                        and
                            ``(iii) charges the State agency the price 
                        under the most recent bid (determined once such 
                        bid price is made public) submitted by the 
                        manufacturer to the Centers for Disease Control 
                        with respect to the Centers for Disease Control 
                        childhood immunization program, plus a 
                        reasonable fee to cover shipping and handling 
                        of returns for doses administered by providers 
                        to individuals eligible to receive medical 
                        assistance under the State plan.''.
    (b) Agreements With the State.--Section 1902(a)(27) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396a(a)(27)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``under the State plan'' and inserting 
        ``under the State plan and with any entity that is a 
        manufacturer of a vaccine under a contract with the State under 
        section 1902(a)(32)(D)''; and
            (2) by striking ``such person or institution'' each place 
        it appears and inserting ``such person, institution, or 
        entity''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to services furnished on or after June 1, 1993.

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