Sec. 108. National clearinghouse for COVID–19 personal protective equipment and other medical supplies
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The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the Secretary ) shall establish a national clearinghouse for COVID–19 personal protective equipment and other medical supplies (in this section referred to as the clearinghouse ) through which the Secretary shall provide for the purchase, in accordance with subsection (b), of personal protective equipment and other medical items necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of COVID–19 (including respirator masks, ventilators, gloves, bodysuits, safety glasses, eye protection, and isolation gowns) and the distribution of such equipment and items in accordance with subsection (c).
The Secretary shall provide for the purchase of equipment and items described in subsection
(a)for the clearinghouse through direct negotiations with entities selling such equipment or items. Any such purchase shall be made at a rate not exceeding the amount payable for such equipment or items by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The Secretary shall provide for the distribution of equipment and items purchased for the clearinghouse to health care providers enrolled under section 1866(j) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395cc(j) ) based on the demonstrated need of such providers for such equipment and items. The Secretary shall submit to Congressional Oversight Commission established under section 4020 of division A of the CARES Act and publish on a public website a monthly report on expenditures under this section and distribution of equipment and items made through the clearinghouse. Such report shall include a breakdown of the geographic distribution of such equipment and items and a specification of the types of expenditures made under this section.
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National clearinghouse for COVID–19 personal protective equipment and other medical supplies
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