[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 398 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 398

 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2009

Mr. Crowley (for himself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Dent, and Mr. 
   Schiff) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 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.

    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 of 2009''.

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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