Rural 340B Access Act of 2024

This bill, the Rural 340B Access Act of 2024, would expand eligibility for the 340B drug discount program to include specific rural emergency hospitals. It adds these hospitals - owned or operated by state/local governments, or private non-profits with government contracts serving low-income patients - to the list of covered entities under the program. However, only hospitals already participating in the 340B program as of the bill's enactment date would qualify; new rural emergency hospitals formed after the law passes would not automatically gain access. The change directly affects eligible rural hospitals seeking discounted medications for their patients.