[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1371 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1371

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
  Veterans Affairs to disclose to non-Department of Veterans Affairs 
 health care providers certain medical records of veterans who receive 
                    health care from such providers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2017

 Mr. O'Rourke 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 authorize the Secretary of 
  Veterans Affairs to disclose to non-Department of Veterans Affairs 
 health care providers certain medical records of veterans who receive 
                    health care from such providers.

    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 ``Vet Connect Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO DISCLOSE CERTAIN MEDICAL RECORDS OF VETERANS WHO 
              RECEIVE NON-DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE.

    Section 7332(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(H)(i) To a non-Department entity (including private 
        entities and other departments or agencies of the Federal 
        Government) that provides hospital care or medical treatment to 
        veterans.
            ``(ii) An entity to which a record is disclosed under this 
        subparagraph may not redisclose or use such record for a 
        purpose other than that for which the disclosure was made.''.
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