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<item congress="115" measure-type="s" measure-number="1567" measure-id="id115s1567" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2017-07-13" update-date="2017-07-29">
<title>VA Prescription Data Accountability Act of 2017</title>
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<action-date>2017-07-13</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017</strong></p> <p>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,&nbsp;about&nbsp;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.</p>]]></summary-text>
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