S 2312 115th Congress Senate Health

HELP Act

Introduced: January 16, 2018 Introduced by: Cassidy, Bill Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Jan 16, 2018

Introduced in Senate

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Helping Ensure Low-income Patients have Access to Care and Treatment or the HELP Act

This bill establishes a two-year moratorium on allowing new, non-rural hospitals and associated child sites to participate in the 340B drug pricing program; during the moratorium, the Department of Health and Human Services must issue regulations with specified program eligibility standards.

What's happening now January 16, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2312: HELP Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2312/

MLA

"S. 2312: HELP Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2312/.

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S. 2312, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2312/.

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[S. 2312: HELP Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2312/)