3.0.0 1721 2023-01-11T13:30:10Z 2023-01-11T13:30:10Z Senate S 2015-07-08 114 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-07-08T20:53:06Z 2015-07-08 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-07-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2015-07-08 True Armed Forces and National Security Drug therapy Military medicine Prescription drugs Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-07-08 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-15T15:03:07Z Joint Formularies for Veterans Act of 2015

This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to jointly establish: (1) a uniform formulary with respect to systemic pain and psychotropic drugs that are critical for the transition of an individual from receiving health care services furnished by DOD to health care services furnished by VA, and (2) a uniform formulary for DOD and VA that includes all appropriate systemic pain and psychotropic drugs.

Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit DOD and VA from each maintaining its own formularies.

]]> Joint Formularies for Veterans Act of 2015 Display Title Joint Formularies for Veterans Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a joint uniform formulary with respect to systemic pain and psychotropic drugs that are critical for the transition of an individual from receiving health care services furnished by the Secretary of Defense to health care services furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Joint Formularies for Veterans Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1721is/xml/BILLS-114s1721is.xml 2015-07-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.