VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017 became law, with cosponsors split almost evenly between the parties
IntroducedMar 15, 2017
ReportedMay 17, 2017
Passed one chamberMay 23, 2017
Passed bothNov 15, 2017
Law—
What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 95 words.
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.) VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to disclose information about an individual who is dispensed medication prescribed by a VA employee or by a non-VA provider authorized to prescribe such medication by the VA (currently, about a veteran or the dependent of a veteran) to a state controlled substance monitoring program to the extent necessary to prevent misuse and diversion of prescription medicines.
Context
- Committees
- House Veterans' Affairs Committee
Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee - Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security: 268 of 6,567 bills became law, 113th–118th (4.1%)
- Sponsor
- 5 of 141 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 6, from enrolled bill to public law · 343 words
- Subjects
- Drug trafficking and controlled substancesHealth information and medical recordsPrescription drugsState and local government operationsVeterans' medical care
- Latest action
- Nov 21, 2017: Signed by President.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 1
- 115th S. 1567 VA Prescription Data Accountability Act of 2017 D · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]