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
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.
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 Administratorhas the meaning given such term in section 1703B of this title.