A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to restore and protect access to Medicaid discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics

2007·0.16 MB·English

by  United States. Congress. House

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110thcongress H. R. 4054
1stSession
ToamondtitleXIXoftheSocialSecurityActtorestoreandprotectaccess
toMedicaiddiscountdnigpricesforuniversity-basedandsafety-netclinics.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATR^S
November1,2007
Mr.Crowley(forhimself,Mr.RamSTAT),Mr.RYA.NofOhio.Mr.KiRK.Mr.
SCHIFF,Ms. McCoIjLUMofMinnesota,Mr.McDermott,Mrs. LOWEY,
Mr.Waxman, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. Clarke, Mrs. McCARTm'ofNew
York,Mrs.BOYDAofKansas,Mr.MeeksofNewYork,Mrs.Maloney
ofNewYork,Mrs.Tauscher,Mr.GaryG.MillerofCalifornia,Mr.
Moore of Kansas, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Castor, Mr. Allen, Mr.
Carnahan, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr.
MiCHAUD,Mr.FiLNER,Mr.Herman,Mr.Clay,Mr.PatrickJ.Mur-
phyofPennsylvania,Mr. Blumenauer,Mrs. DavisofCalifornia, Mr.
Lantos, Mr. Sires, Ms. Norton, Ms. Berkley, Mr. McNulty, Mr.
AlGreenofTexas,Mr.VanHollen,Ms.DeGette,Mr.Moranof
Virginia, Mr. MITCHELL, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Grijalva,
Ms.Hirono,Ms.Hooley,Ms.Matsui,Mr.HONDA,Mr.HiNCHEY,Mr.
Boucher, Mr. Farr, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Loretta Sanchez ofCali-
fornia, Mr. Courtney, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Pascrell. Mr. Israel,
Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Ackerman, Ms. LindaT. Sanchez ofCalifornia,
Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Moore ofWisconsin, Mr. Dbnt, Mr. Ol\'^r,
Ms.Lee,Ms.WassermanSchultz,Mrs.Capps,Mr.Wynn,Mr.Ins-
lee, Mr. Paynt:, Ms. GiFFORDS, Mr. Smith ofWashington, Mr.Wu,
Mr. BraleyofIowa, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. Towns,Mr. L0EBSA(;k,Ms.
SoLis,Ms. Schwartz, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Shays, Mr. Cohen,
Mr. Ellison, Mr. FrankofMassachusetts, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. Hall
ofNewYork, Mr. BlSHOPofNewYork, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Walzof
Minnesota, Mr. JefFERSON, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr.
Wexler,Mr.JacksonofIllinois,Mr.Kind,Mr.Yarmuth,Mr.Roth-
man, Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Mr. HASTINGS ofFlorida, Mr.
WelchofVermont, Mr. KagEN. Mr. KleinofFlorida, Mr. Fattah,
Mr. Gene Green ofTexas, and Mr. Stark) introduced the following
bill;whichwasreferredtotheCommitteeonEnergyandCommerce
A
BILL
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to restore
and protect access to Medicaid discount drugprices for
university-basedandsafety-netclinics.
1 BeitenactedbytheSenateandHouseofBepresenta-
2 tivesoftheUnitedStatesofAmericainCongressassembled,
3 SECTION1.RESTORINGANDPROTECTINGACCESSTODIS-
4 COUNT DRUG PRICES FOR UNTVERSITY-
5 BASEDANDSAFETY-NETCLINICS.
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6 (a) Restoring Nominal Pricing. Section
7 1927(c)(l)(D)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
8 1396r-8(c)(l)(D)(i))isamended—
9 (1) by redesig^iating subclause (TV) as sub-
10 clause(VI);and
11 (2) by inserting after subclause (III) the fol-
12 lowingnewsubclauses:
13 "(r\") An entity that is operated
14 bya liealth centerofan institution of
15 highereducation, theprimary'purpose
16 ofwhich is to pro\ide health services
17 tostudentsofthatinstitution.
18 "(V)Anentitythatisapublicor
19 private nonprofit entity that pro\ides
20 a senice or sendees described under
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1 section 1001(a) of the Public Health
2 SeniceAct.".
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* 3 (b) Effectr^ Date. The amendments made by
4 this section shall beeffective asofthe date oftheenact-
5 mentofthisAct.
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