Notice Regarding Section 602 of the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992 Patient and Entity Eligibility

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Section 602 of Public Law 102-585, the ``Veterans Health Care Act of 1992,'' enacted section 340B of the Public Health Service Act (``PHS Act''), ``Limitation on Prices of Drugs Purchased by Covered Entities.'' Section 340B provides that a manufacturer who sells covered outpatient drugs to eligible entities must sign a pharmaceutical pricing agreement with the Secretary of Health and Human Services in which the manufacturer agrees to charge a price for covered outpatient drugs that will not exceed an amount determined under a statutory formula. The purpose of this notice is to inform interested parties of final guidelines regarding a definition of covered entity ``patient.''