[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2379 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2379

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Department of 
Veterans Affairs to fill prescriptions for drugs and medicines written 
                         by private physicians.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 2005

  Mr. Lynch introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Department of 
Veterans Affairs to fill prescriptions for drugs and medicines written 
                         by private physicians.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Vets Rx Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PHARMACIES TO DISPENSE 
              MEDICATIONS TO VETERANS ON PRESCRIPTIONS WRITTEN BY 
              PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS.

    Section 1712 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f)(1) The Secretary shall provide for Department health-care 
facilities to furnish to a veteran such drugs and medicines as may be 
ordered on prescription of a duly licensed physician in the treatment 
of any illness or injury of the veteran.
    ``(2) The furnishing of drugs and medicines under this subsection 
shall be subject to the copayment requirement in section 1722A of this 
title.''.
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