,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dehg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ah1     
#bjbd,mr4 ,peters introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend the ,public ,health   
,service ,act to include rural emergency
 hospitals in the definition of a       
covered entity for purposes of the drug 
discount program under section #cdj;,b  
of such ,act4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,rural #cdj;,b 
,access ,act of #bjbd4  #b4 ,including  
rural emergency hospitals as covered    
entities for purposes of the drug       
discount program  7a7 ,in general       
,section #cdj;,b7a77#d7 of the ,public  
,health ,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4    
#bef;b7a77#d77 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  7,p7 7i7 ,an    
entity that is a rural emergency        
hospital 7as defined in section         
#ahfa7kkk77#b7 of the ,social ,security 

,act7 that is owned or operated by a    
unit of ,state or local government1 is a
 public or private non-profit           
corporation that is formally granted    
governmental powers by a unit of ,state 
or local government1 or is a private    
non-profit rural emergency hospital that
 has a contract with a ,state or local  
government to provide health care       
services to low income individuals who  
are not entitled to benefits under title
 ,,xviii of the ,social ,security ,act  
or eligible for assistance under a      
,state plan under title ,,xix of such   
,act4  7ii7 ,in the case of an entity   
that meets the requirements described in
 clause 7i7 after the date of enactment 
of the ,rural #cdj;,b ,access ,act of   
#bjbd1 such entity shall not be         
considered to be a covered entity for   
purposes of this paragraph unless such  
entity was1 as of the date of enactment 
of the ,rural #cdj;,b ,access ,act of   
#bjbd1 a covered entity under           
subparagraph 7,l7 of this paragraph4  4