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A bill to enable certain hospitals that were participating in or applied for the drug discount program under section 340B of the Public Health Service Act prior to the COVID-19 public health…

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A bill to enable certain hospitals that were participating in or applied for the drug discount program under section 340B of the Public Health Service Act prior to the COVID-19 public health emergency to temporarily maintain eligibility for such program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 2, 2020 Introduced by: Thune, John Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S4225-4226)
Jul 2, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill waives certain eligibility requirements for hospitals participating in the 340B drug discount program (i.e., a program that allows entities to receive covered outpatient drugs at reduced prices from manufacturers) during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. Specifically, the bill waives the required minimum proportion of low-income patients served for hospitals that began participating in the program during or prior to the COVID-19 emergency.

What's happening now July 2, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S4225-4226)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 3 Republican 4
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Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Oct 19, 2020
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Aug 6, 2020
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jul 28, 2020
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Jul 28, 2020
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Jul 23, 2020
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jul 2, 2020
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Jul 2, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4160: A bill to enable certain hospitals that were participating in or applied for the drug discount program under section 340B of the Public Health Service Act prior to the COVID-19 public health emergency to temporarily maintain eligibility for such program, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4160/
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"S. 4160: A bill to enable certain hospitals that were participating in or applied for the drug discount program under section 340B of the Public Health Service Act prior to the COVID-19 public health emergency to temporarily maintain eligibility for such program, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4160/.
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S. 4160, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4160/.
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[S. 4160: A bill to enable certain hospitals that were participating in or applied for the drug discount program under section 340B of the Public Health Service Act prior to the COVID-19 public health emergency to temporarily maintain eligibility for such program, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4160/)
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