1. Short title This Act may be cited as Helping Ensure Low-income Patients have Access to Care and Treatment or the HELP Act . 2. Moratorium on registration of new non-rural section 340B hospitals and associated sites Section 340B(a) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 256b(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (4)(L), by striking A subsection (d) hospital and inserting Subject to paragraph (11), a subsection (d) hospital ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (11) Moratorium on registration of certain hospitals and associated sites of such hospitals During the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of the Helping Ensure Low-income Patients have Access to Care and Treatment Act — (A) an entity described in paragraph (4)(L) shall not be considered a covered entity under this section unless such entity was a covered entity on December 31, 2017 (as evidenced by the entity having been identified as a covered entity as of December 31, 2017, under the covered entity identification system established under subsection (d)(2)(B)(iv))