CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Mike Collins (R-GA)

To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transmit a veteran's history of opioid prescriptions to a Community Care health care provider.

H.R. 8679 · House bill Armed Forces and National Security

A Republican bill with 7 Republican cosponsors · See all 7 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill proposes an amendment to title 38 of the United States Code. It aims to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transmit a veteran's history of opioid prescriptions. This information would be sent to Community Care health care providers. The transmission can occur through a non-Department health care provider or through a Third Party Administrator.

Yes

  • Scored +5

    Does this help veterans get medical care?

    The bill improves veteran healthcare by ensuring community care providers have access to a veteran's opioid prescription history.

  • Scored +5

    Would veterans be better off under this, taking everything together?

    The bill benefits veterans by ensuring their community healthcare providers are informed of their opioid prescription history.

  • Scored +4

    Does this do more about addiction and overdose deaths?

    The bill supports the opioid crisis response by facilitating the transmission of prescription histories to prevent potential issues with medication management.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.