[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 57 (Monday, March 23, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S1972]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1572. Mr. SASSE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 748, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in subtitle E of title III of 
     division A, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. PAUSING ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS UNDER THE 340B 
                   DRUG PRICING PROGRAM.

       Section 340B(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
     256B(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(11) Pausing eligibility determinations.--The Secretary 
     shall, for each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021, pause the 
     process of determining whether an entity is a covered entity, 
     as defined in paragraph (4), in response to the COVID-19 
     public health emergency to ensure that no entity that was 
     previously determined to be such a covered entity would lose 
     eligibility status for the program under this section during 
     such emergency.''.
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