Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “VA Prescription Data Accountability Act of 2017”.
VA Prescription Data Accountability Act of 2017
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disclose certain patient information to State controlled substance monitoring programs, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Clarification of authority of Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disclose patient information to State controlled substance monitoring programs
Section 5701(l) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
by inserting “(1)” before “Under”;
by striking “a veteran or the dependent of a veteran” and inserting “a covered individual”; and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(2) In this subsection, the term covered individual means an individual who is dispensed medication prescribed by an employee of the Department or by a non-Department provider authorized to prescribe such medication by the Department.”