Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act
Latest action · May 22, 2018 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedSep 26, 2017
- Passed HouseMay 21, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act
(Sec. 2) This bill permits any Department of Veterans Affairs licensed health care provider or provider delegate accessing data on behalf of such provider to query and receive data from the national network of state-based prescription drug monitoring programs to support the safe and effective prescribing of controlled substances to patients who: (1) receive a prescription for a controlled substance, and (2) are not receiving palliative care or enrolled in hospice care.
Health care providers or delegates shall query the network in accordance with applicable Veterans Health Administration regulations and policies. No state may restrict providers or delegates from accessing the state's prescription drug monitoring program.
No state shall deny or revoke the license, registration, or certification of a licensed provider or delegate on the basis that such provider or delegate has queried or received network data.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 209 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed377–2 | May 21, 2018 |
Cosponsors 40
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 26, 2017 to May 18, 2018; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ME | Bruce Poliquin | Original | Sep 26, 2017 |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Original | Sep 26, 2017 |
| R-TX | Jodey C. Arrington | Original | Sep 26, 2017 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Sep 26, 2017 |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Oct 2, 2017 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Oct 3, 2017 | |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Oct 3, 2017 | |
| R-IL | Randy Hultgren | Oct 3, 2017 | |
| R-CA | Stephen Knight | Oct 3, 2017 | |
| R-OH | Bob Gibbs | Oct 4, 2017 | |
| R-MN | Jason Lewis | Oct 4, 2017 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Oct 4, 2017 | |
| R-GA | Austin Scott | Oct 5, 2017 | |
| R-OR | Greg Walden | Oct 5, 2017 | |
| R-AL | Bradley Byrne | Oct 10, 2017 | |
| R-NY | John J. Faso | Oct 10, 2017 | |
| R-UT | Mia B. Love | Oct 10, 2017 | |
| R-NC | Richard Hudson | Oct 10, 2017 | |
| R-IN | Larry Bucshon | Oct 11, 2017 | |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Oct 11, 2017 | |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Oct 11, 2017 | |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Oct 11, 2017 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Oct 12, 2017 | |
| R-MI | Jack Bergman | Oct 12, 2017 | |
| R-FL | Ted S. Yoho | Oct 19, 2017 | |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Oct 23, 2017 | |
| R-GA | Karen C. Handel | Nov 6, 2017 | |
| R-GA | A. Drew Ferguson IV | Feb 5, 2018 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Mar 29, 2018 | |
| R-MT | Greg Gianforte | Apr 10, 2018 | |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Apr 16, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Apr 18, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Apr 25, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Apr 25, 2018 | |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Apr 25, 2018 | |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | Apr 26, 2018 | |
| D-PA | Conor Lamb | May 7, 2018 | |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | May 10, 2018 | |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | May 18, 2018 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | May 18, 2018 |
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 Sep 26, 2017Markup May 8, 2018Reported May 18, 2018 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Sep 26, 2017Hearings Apr 17, 2018Discharged May 8, 2018 | |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred May 22, 2018 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 22, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- May 21, 2018Mr. Dunn moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- May 21, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4250-4251)
- May 21, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3832.
- May 21, 2018At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4250, H4251Text printed H4250Recorded votes H4268enact | Neal P. Dunn R-FL, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Timothy J. Walz D-MN | May 21, 2018 |
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 14, 2018H.R. 3832, Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 8, 2018
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 154, September 26, 2017, page H7533.
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. 115-56 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 1506, H.R. 2322, H.R. 3832, H.R. 4334 AND H.R. 4635; VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2018 and a Draft Bill To Make Certain Improvements in The Family Caregiver Program69 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Apr 17, 2018 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2372 | VA MISSION Act of 2018 | Related bill | Jun 6, 2018 |
| S 2906 | VA MISSION Act of 2018 | Related bill | May 22, 2018 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the executive director of a national network of State-based prescription monitoring programs under which Department of Veterans Affairs health care providers shall query such network, and for other purposes.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for access by Department of Veterans Affairs health care providers to State prescription drug monitoring programs.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 22, 2018Referred in Senate
- May 21, 2018Engrossed in House
- May 18, 2018Reported in House
- Sep 26, 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.
