[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 131, 115th Congress, 1st Session]
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Public Law 115-86
115th Congress

An Act


 
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
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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.''.

Approved November 21, 2017.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 1545:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 115-144 (Comm. on Veterans' Affairs).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 163 (2017):
May 23, considered and passed House.
Nov. 15, considered and passed Senate.