Pub. L. 115-86 - VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017

115th Congress

Affects: 38 U.S.C. §§ 5701

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:

(3)“(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.”

(3) .

Legislative History

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1545:

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 163 (2017):

May 23, considered and passed House.

Nov. 15, considered and passed Senate.