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To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transmit a veteran's history of opioid prescriptions to a Community Care health care provider.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transmit a veteran's history of opioid prescriptions to a Community Care health care provider.

Introduced May 7, 2026

Latest action (May 7, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Referred to
Veterans' Affairs Committee
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Issues
DefenseHealthcare

Summary
  • Requires the Veterans Affairs Department to share a veteran's history of opioid prescriptions with non-VA health care providers who treat the veteran through the Community Care program
  • Requires the prescription history to be transmitted through a Third Party Administrator
  • Establishes standards for the Veterans Affairs Department to implement this information sharing

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Sponsor (1)
7 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. May 7, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · house
  2. May 7, 2026 Introduced in House

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · May 7, 2026

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 7, 2026

Mr. Collins (for himself, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Luttrell, Mr. Babin, Mr. Baird, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, and Mr. Fuller) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs

A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transmit a veteran’s history of opioid prescriptions to a Community Care health care provider.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TRANSMISSION OF OPIOID PRESCRIPTION HISTORY TO COMMUNITY CARE PROVIDER.

(a) In General.—Section 1703C of title 38, United States Code, is amended, in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(8) The standards established under this subsection shall require the Secretary to transmit a history of opioid prescriptions contained in records of the Department regarding a covered veteran—

“(A) to a non-Department health care provider through whom the Secretary furnishes health care, pursuant to section 1703 of this title, to such covered veteran; and

“(B) through a Third Party Administrator.”.

(b) Definitions.—Such section is further amended, in subsection

(c), by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:

“(3) The term ‘Third Party Administrator’ has the meaning given such term in section 1703B of this title.”. <all>

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