[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 310 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 310

To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that safety net family 
 planning centers are eligible for assistance under the drug discount 
                                program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 22, 2009

  Mrs. Boxer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that safety net family 
 planning centers are eligible for assistance under the drug discount 
                                program.

    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 ``Affordable Care for Women Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANDING ACCESS TO DISCOUNT DRUG PRICES FOR SAFETY-NET 
              PROVIDERS.

    (a) Safety-Net Provider Drug Price Discounts.--Section 340B(a)(4) 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256b(a)(4)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (L) as 
        subparagraphs (E) through (M), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (C), the following:
                    ``(D) An entity that is a public or nonprofit 
                entity that primarily provides a service or services 
                described under section 318A or 1001(a).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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