VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017
Latest action · Nov 21, 2017 Became Public Law No: 115-86.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 15, 2017
- Passed HouseMay 23, 2017
- Passed SenateNov 15, 2017
- To the PresidentNov 17, 2017
- Became lawNov 21, 2017Public Law 115-86
Summary
(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.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 15, 2017 to May 18, 2017; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OH | Brad R. Wenstrup | Original | Mar 15, 2017 |
| R-MI | Jack Bergman | Original | Mar 15, 2017 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Mar 15, 2017 |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | May 17, 2017 | |
| R-IN | Jackie Walorski | May 17, 2017 | |
| R-PA | Ryan A. Costello | May 17, 2017 | |
| R-ME | Bruce Poliquin | May 18, 2017 | |
| D-CT | Elizabeth H. Esty | May 18, 2017 | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | May 18, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | May 18, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | May 18, 2017 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 15, 2017Markup May 17, 2017Reported May 22, 2017 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 27, 2017Hearings Mar 29, 2017Reported Apr 6, 2017 | |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred May 24, 2017Discharged Nov 15, 2017 |
Actions 22
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2017Signed by President.
- Nov 21, 2017Became Public Law No: 115-86.
- Nov 17, 2017Presented to President.
- Nov 16, 2017Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Nov 15, 2017Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7267)
- Nov 15, 2017Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7267)
- Nov 15, 2017Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- May 24, 2017Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- May 23, 2017Mr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- May 23, 2017Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4473-4475)
- May 23, 2017DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1545.
- May 23, 2017Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4473)
- May 23, 2017Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 22, 2017Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-144.
- May 22, 2017Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 93.
- May 17, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 17, 2017Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Apr 6, 2017Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
- Mar 29, 2017Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Mar 27, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Mar 15, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 15, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7267 | Mitch McConnell R-KY | Nov 15, 2017 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E716 | Christopher H. Smith R-NJ | May 24, 2017 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4473–H4475Text printed H4473 | Ann M. Kuster D-NH, David P. Roe R-TN, Mark Takano D-CA, Ryan A. Costello R-PA, Timothy J. Walz D-MN | May 23, 2017 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- May 19, 2017H.R. 1545, VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 17, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 45, March 15, 2017, page H2083.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-8 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON: DRAFT LEGISLATION, THE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL SCRIBE PILOT ACT OF 2017; H.R. 91; H.R. 95; H.R. 467; H.R. 907; H.R. 918; H.R. 1005; H.R. 1162; H.R. 1545; AND H.R. 166280 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Mar 29, 2017 |
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
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Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1567 | VA Prescription Data Accountability Act of 2017 | Related bill | Jul 13, 2017 |
Titles 8
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title
- An act 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
- Short Title
- VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017
- Short Titles as Passed House
- VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017
- Short Titles as Enacted
- VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- May 24, 2017Referred in Senate
- May 23, 2017Engrossed in House
- May 22, 2017Reported in House
- Mar 15, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
