Sec. 340C. bulk purchases of vaccines for certain programs
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## Sec. 340C bulk purchases of vaccines for certain programs **[**256c**]** ###
(a)Agreements for Purchases ####
(1)In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Preventive Health Amendments of 199252, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in consultation with the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, shall enter into negotiations with manufacturers of vaccines for the purpose of establishing and maintaining agreements under which entities described in paragraph
(2)may purchase vaccines from the manufacturers at the prices specified in the agreements. 52Enacted October 27, 1992. ####
(2)Relevant entities The entities referred to in paragraph
(1)are entities that provide immunizations against vaccine-preventable diseases with assistance provided under section 330. ###
(b)Negotiation of Prices In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, ensure that the prices provided for in agreements under such subsection are comparable to the prices provided for in agreements negotiated by the Secretary on behalf of grantees under section 317(j)(1). ###
(c)Authority of Secretary In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary, in the discretion of the Secretary, may enter into the agreements described in such subsection (and may decline to enter into such agreements), may modify such agreements, may extend such agreements, and may terminate such agreements. ###
(d)Rule of Construction This section may not be construed as requiring any State to reduce or terminate the supply of vaccines provided by the State to any of the entities described in subsection (a)(2).