Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Vet Connect Act of 2016”.
Vet Connect Act of 2016
AN ACT
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disclose to non-Department of Veterans Affairs health care providers certain medical records of veterans who receive health care from such providers.
Sec. 2 Authority to disclose certain medical records of veterans who receive non-Department of Veterans Affairs health care
Section 7332(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
“(H) To a non-Department entity (including private entities and other departments or agencies of the Federal Government) that provides hospital care or medical treatment to veterans.”