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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.
Summary
This bill amends federal law to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transmit records of opioid prescriptions given to veterans through the VA to non-Department health care providers who deliver Community Care services to those veterans. The transmission of this prescription history would occur through a Third Party Administrator. The bill modifies the standards that the VA must follow for information sharing with Community Care health care providers.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10] (R-GA)
7 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Mike Collins’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $58,488
- HANNA CAPITAL $9,900
- JACKSON EMC $7,950
- J M TANK LINES, INC. $6,600
- BOSWELL OIL COMPANY $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Mike Collins → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- May 7, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · house
- May 7, 2026 Introduced in House
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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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