H.R. 9599

SECURE 340B Act

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Sec. 12. Meanings

Section 340B(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256b(b)), as amended by the preceding sections, is further amended by adding at the end the following:

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(4) Child site. In this section, the term child site means any outpatient department, clinic, or facility that is separately registered under this section as an outpatient facility of a covered entity described in subparagraph (L), (M), (N), or (O) of subsection (a)(4) and that is not itself the covered entity’s principal operating location or the location through which the covered entity satisfies the requirements for eligibility under subsection (a)(4).

(5) Contract pharmacy. In this section, the term contract pharmacy means a pharmacy that, pursuant to a contract or other arrangement with a covered entity, dispense or otherwise furnishes covered outpatient drugs to patients on behalf of the covered entity, whether in person, by mail, or through any other delivery method.