[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 2347 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2347

 To restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-
                     based and safety-net clinics.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 13, 2007

Mr. Reid (for Mr. Obama (for himself, Mrs. McCaskill, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
   Kennedy, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. 
Feinstein, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Harkin, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Menendez, 
Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Brown, Ms. Cantwell, and Mrs. Clinton)) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                          Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-
                     based and safety-net clinics.

    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 ``Prevention Through Affordable Access 
Act''.

SEC. 2. 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.
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