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<item congress="114" measure-type="s" measure-number="2601" measure-id="id114s2601" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2016-02-25" update-date="2016-02-29">
<title>A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disclose certain information to State controlled substance monitoring programs.</title>
<summary summary-id="id114s2601v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2016-02-29">
<action-date>2016-02-25</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (which currently is simply authorized) to disclose information about a veteran or dependent to a state controlled substance monitoring program to the extent necessary to prevent misuse and diversion of prescription medicines.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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