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.

Sponsor: Mike Collins (Republican-GA)May 7, 2026

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Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Veterans' community doctors would get their opioid history from the VA

The bill requires the VA to send veterans' opioid prescription history to their community care doctors. This information would be sent through a special administrator.

What Would Change

Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is not explicitly required to send a veteran's opioid prescription history to outside doctors who provide community care. If this bill becomes law, the VA would be required to transmit this history to non-VA doctors through a Third Party Administrator. This would provide community care providers with the veteran's opioid prescription history from VA records.

Key Provisions

Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to send a veteran's opioid prescription history to non-VA doctors providing community care.
Mandates that this information sharing happen through a Third Party Administrator.
Changes existing federal law to make this data sharing a standard practice for veteran community care.

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HR 8679 · 119th Congress · May 7, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10

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.

What Would Change

Key Provisions

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