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House Bill 1545
115th Congress(2017-2018)
VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017
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H. R. 1545


One Hundred Fifteenth Congress of theUnited States of America

AT THE FIRST SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen

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 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.”.

Attest:





Speaker of the House of Representatives.  

Attest:





Vice President of the United States and   
President of the Senate.