3.0.0 1567 2023-01-11T13:37:06Z 2023-01-11T13:37:06Z Senate S 2017-07-13 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-07-13T22:00:07Z VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017 115 1545 HR 2017-11-21 Signed by President. Related bill CRS 2017-07-13 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-07-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000607 Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN] Joe Donnelly D IN N R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2017-07-13 True Armed Forces and National Security Drug trafficking and controlled substances Health information and medical records Prescription drugs State and local government operations Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-07-13 Introduced in Senate 2017-07-29T14:10:47Z VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to disclose information about an individual who is dispensed medication prescribed by a VA employee or by a non-VA provider authorized to prescribe such medication by the VA (currently, about a veteran or the dependent of a veteran) to a state controlled substance monitoring program to the extent necessary to prevent misuse and diversion of prescription medicines.

]]> VA Prescription Data Accountability Act of 2017 Display Title VA Prescription Data Accountability Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disclose certain patient information to state controlled substance monitoring programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced VA Prescription Data Accountability Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1567is/xml/BILLS-115s1567is.xml 2017-07-13 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.