H.R. 3832Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act

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Sponsor: Neal P. Dunn [R-FL-02]
Cosponsors: 40 · 33 Republicans · 7 Democrats
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Committee: Veterans' Affairs Committee
Latest action: May 22, 2018 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

IntroducedSep 26, 2017
Passed the HouseMay 21, 2018
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS 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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 3832 as passed House amended on May 21, 2018. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 209

House May 21, 2018

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act

Passed · Two-thirds required

377 Yea 2 Nay 48 not voting

Crossed both parties 2 of 379 voting members broke with their own party: 2 Republicans.

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How the chamber split

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All members427 members

Democratic193 members

Republican234 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors40 · 33 Republicans · 7 Democrats

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 3832 and vote against it. 4 signed when it was filed.

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H.R. 3832Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 209

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

Cosponsors40 · 33 Republicans · 7 Democrats

H.R. 3832Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention Act

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 209

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

Cosponsors40 · 33 Republicans · 7 Democrats

Who lobbied on H.R. 38325 organizations

Who lobbied on H.R. 38325 organizations