North Carolina General Statutes 143B-1474. Federal 340B Program – Department of Adult Correction/Department of Health and Human Services partnership
The Department of Adult Correction (DAC) shall establish and implement a partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in order for DAC to be eligible to operate as a 340B covered entity. The DAC shall contract for consultant services in order to implement this section. In order to implement the requirements of this section, DAC shall do all of the following:
(1) Submit an application during the next registration period to enroll in the federal 340B Program found in section 340B of the Public Health Service Act (the “340B Program”) to be able to access 340B Program pricing for medications used to treat the human immune deficiency virus (HIV), the hepatitis C virus (HCV), and eligible sexually transmitted diseases (STD).
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 143B-1474
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
(2) Provide DHHS all data and necessary documentation as frequently as such information is needed by DHHS for the implementation of this section.
(3) Ensure that the DAC Apex Central Pharmacy, and any other DAC pharmacies necessary, are compliant dispensing pharmacies under the 340B Program.
(4) Coordinate with one or more vendors to purchase STD 340B Program medications that result in the greatest overall cost savings available to the State, whether such savings are achieved by 340B Program pricing, non-340B Program volume discounts, or a combination of both.
(5) Develop a separate inventory to track 340B Program medications. (2019-135, s. 7(a); recodified from N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-707.8 by 2021-180, s. 19C.9(i), (m).)