[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 32 (Monday, February 29, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1090]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3327. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 524, to authorize the Attorney General 
to award grants to address the national epidemics of prescription 
opioid abuse and heroin use; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 65, after line 23, insert the following:

     SEC. 504. ELIMINATION OF COPAYMENT REQUIREMENT FOR VETERANS 
                   RECEIVING OPIOID ANTAGONISTS OR EDUCATION ON 
                   USE OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS.

       (a) Copayment for Opioid Antagonists.--Section 1722A(a) of 
     title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) Paragraph (1) does not apply to opioid antagonists 
     furnished under this chapter to a veteran who is at high risk 
     for overdose of a specific medication or substance in order 
     to reverse the effect of such an overdose.''.
       (b) Copayment for Education on Use of Opioid Antagonists.--
     Section 1710(g)(3) of such title is amended--
       (1) by striking ``with respect to home health services'' 
     and inserting ``with respect to the following:
       ``(A) Home health services''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(B) Education on the use of opioid antagonists to reverse 
     the effects of overdoses of specific medications or 
     substances.''.
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