Equitable Access to 340B Act

Bill: 118-hr-9127
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2024-07-24
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2024-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9127 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 24, 2024 Mr. Sablan (for himself and Mr. Moylan ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to include territorial disproportionate share hospitals as covered entities under the 340B drug discount program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Equitable Access to 340B Act . 2. Including territorial disproportionate share hospitals as covered entities under the 340B drug discount program Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 256b ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(4), by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (P) An entity that is a territorial disproportionate share hospital (as defined in subsection (b)(3)) and meets the requirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (L). ; and (2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) Territorial disproportionate share hospital The term territorial disproportionate share hospital means a hospital that meets the requirements of a Medicaid deemed disproportionate share hospital (as described in section 1923(b)(1) of the Social Security Act) and is located in the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands. .