HR8679Referred to Committee

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.

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Passed Both
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119th
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2026-05-07
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Mike Collins
Mike Collins
Republican · GA · Representative
Votes with party: 94.0% (596 recorded votes)

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Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

2026-05-07

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Plain-English Summary

The Department of Veterans Affairs would be required to share a veteran's complete history of opioid prescriptions with private healthcare providers when a veteran receives care through the VA's Community Care program. This would help prevent veterans from obtaining duplicate or excessive opioid prescriptions from multiple providers and reduce the risk of addiction or overdose. The change affects veterans who use both VA and private healthcare services.

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Armed Forces and National Security

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8679 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8679 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. _______________________________________________________________________ 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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