1. Treatment of certain Medicare hospital outpatient payments for certain drugs; OPPS budget neutrality adjustment (a) Preventing implementation of Medicare hospital outpatient payment changes for hospitals that purchase drugs under 340B drug discount program Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not take any action to implement, administer, or enforce the provision of the final regulation titled the Medicare Program: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs published on November 13, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 52356 et seq.), that would change the payment amount under the Prospective Payment System for Hospital Outpatient Department Services under section 1833(t) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395l(t) ) for separately payable, nonpass-through drugs and biologicals purchased under the drug discount program under section 340B of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 256b ). The payment amount under such payment system under such section 1833(t) for such a drug or biological shall be determined through the same methodology as if such final regulation did not apply. (b) OPPS budget neutrality adjustment The first sentence of section 1833(t)(9)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)(9)(B) ) is amended by striking part each place such term appears and inserting subsection each such place.