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H.R. 3832: Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act

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H.R. 3832: Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-09-26 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-09-26 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 209 (2018): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR3832 (2018-05-21), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  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

Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act

Plain 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.

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Official text

Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] · 40 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3832, Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act (2018-05-14)

Cosponsors on this site

Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX), Paul Tonko (D-NY), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Mike Bost (R-IL), Austin Scott (R-GA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Rick W. Allen (R-GA), Jack Bergman (R-MI), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Darren Soto (D-FL), David Rouzer (R-NC)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] reported raising $831,031 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

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Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr3832 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115