[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1567 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1567

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 13, 2017

  Mr. Donnelly (for himself and Mr. Rounds) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and 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 of 2017''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO 
              DISCLOSE 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, the term `covered individual' means 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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