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115th Congress > House > Vote 916

Date: May 21, 2018

Result: 377-2 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 209

Sponsor: DUNN, Neal Patrick (R-FL)

Bill number: HR3832

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Description: Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act

Bill summary: Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into a memorandum of understanding with a national network of state-based prescription drug monitoring programs under which VA health care providers shall query such network to support the safe and effective prescribing of controlled substances to patients who: (1) receive a prescription for a controlled substance for a period of 90 days or longer, and (2) are not receiving palliative care or enrolled in hospice care. Under such memorandum of understanding, VA health care providers practicing in: (1) a participating state shall query such network in accordance with the agreement between that state's prescription drug monitoring program and such network, and (2) a nonparticipating state shall query the network through the drug monitoring program of the closest participating state.

Bill titles: 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.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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