[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7266 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7266

 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consider the 
 Margaret R. Pardee Memorial Hospital as a covered entity for purposes 
                   of the 340B drug discount program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 12, 2018

 Mr. Meadows introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consider the 
 Margaret R. Pardee Memorial Hospital as a covered entity for purposes 
                   of the 340B drug discount program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CONSIDERATION OF MARGARET R. PARDEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AS 
              COVERED ENTITY FOR PURPOSES OF 340B DRUG DISCOUNT 
              PROGRAM.

    Notwithstanding the definition of a ``covered entity'' under 
paragraph (4) of section 340B(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 256b(a)), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
consider the Margaret R. Pardee Memorial Hospital located in 
Hendersonville, North Carolina, as a covered entity under such 
paragraph for purposes of allowing the Margaret R. Pardee Memorial 
Hospital to participate in the drug discount program under such section 
340B.
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