[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8144 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8144

 To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to include rural 
emergency hospitals in the definition of a covered entity for purposes 
                   of the 340B drug discount program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2024

  Mr. Bergman (for himself and Mrs. Dingell) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to include rural 
emergency hospitals in the definition of 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rural 340B Access Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. INCLUDING RURAL EMERGENCY HOSPITALS AS COVERED ENTITIES FOR 
              PURPOSES OF THE 340B DRUG DISCOUNT PROGRAM.

    Section 340B(a)(4) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
256b(a)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
                    ``(P) An entity that is a rural emergency hospital 
                (as defined in section 1861(kkk)(2) of the Social 
                Security Act) that is owned or operated by a unit of 
                State or local government, is a public or private non-
                profit corporation which is formally granted 
                governmental powers by a unit of State or local 
                government, or is a private non-profit rural emergency 
                hospital which has a contract with a State or local 
                government to provide health care services to low 
                income individuals who are not entitled to benefits 
                under title XVIII of the Social Security Act or 
                eligible for assistance under the State plan under this 
                title.''.
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