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H.R. 1545: VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017

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H.R. 1545: VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-15 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Signed by President.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Signed by President. (final step reached)
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017

Plain 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.

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Official text

VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2] · 11 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1545, VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017 (2017-05-19)

Cosponsors on this site

Jack Bergman (R-MI), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Scott H. Peters (D-CA)

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Bill
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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1545 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115