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110th CONGRESS 1st Session

H. R. 4054

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 1, 2007

Mr. Crowley (for himself, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Schiff, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. McDermott, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Clarke, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mrs. Boyda of Kansas, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Castor, Mr. Allen, Mr. Carnahan, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Filner, Mr. Berman, Mr. Clay, Mr. Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Blumenauer, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Sires, Ms. Norton, Ms. Berkley, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Mitchell, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Hooley, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Honda, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Farr, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. Courtney, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Israel, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Ackerman, Ms. Linda T. Sánchez of California, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Dent, Mr. Olver, Ms. Lee, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Payne, Ms. Giffords, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Wu, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Towns, Mr. Loebsack, Ms. Solis, Ms. Schwartz, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Shays, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Hall of New York, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Walz of Minnesota, Mr. Jefferson, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Kind, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Welch of Vermont, Mr. Kagen, Mr. Klein of Florida, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, and Mr. Stark) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to restore and protect access to Medicaid discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics.

Short Title

This Act may be cited as the

Prevention Through Affordable Access Act

Restoring and Protecting Access to Discount Drug Prices for University-Based and Safety-Net Clinics

(a)

Restoring nominal pricing

Section 1927(c)(1)(D)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–8(c)(1)(D)(i)) is amended— (1)by redesignating subclause (IV) as subclause (VI); and (2)by inserting after subclause (III) the following new subclauses:

(IV)An entity that is operated by a health center of an institution of higher education, the primary purpose of which is to provide health services to students of that institution. (V)An entity that is a public or private nonprofit entity that provides a service or services described under section 1001(a) of the Public Health Service Act.

(b)

Effective date

The amendments made by this section shall be effective as of the date of the enactment of this Act.