[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1545 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1545

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 15, 2017

 Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire (for herself, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Bergman, 
 and Ms. Brownley of California) 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 clarify the authority of the 
 Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disclose certain patient information 
   to State controlled substance monitoring programs, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``VA Prescription Data Accountability 
Act 2017''.

SEC. 2. SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS DISCLOSURE OF PATIENT INFORMATION 
              TO STATE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE MONITORING PROGRAMS.

    Section 5701(l) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``Under'';
            (2) by striking ``a veteran or the dependent of a veteran'' 
        and inserting ``a covered individual''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2) In this subsection, a `covered individual' is an individual 
who is dispensed medication prescribed by an employee of the Department 
or by a non-Department provider authorized to prescribe such medication 
by the Department.''.
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