II 110th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2347 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 A BILL To restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Prevention Through Affordable Access Act.

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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.