115th CONGRESS 1st Session |
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.
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
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,
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: