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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6025. Mr. CRAPO (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert
the following:
SEC. __. PILOT PROGRAM ON PROVISION OF OPIOID RESCUE
MEDICATIONS TO VETERANS.
(a) In General.—Commencing not later than 120 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs shall carry out a one-year pilot program
under which the Secretary shall make covered medications
available to any veteran at no charge (in this section
referred to as the “pilot program”).
(b) Provision of Medication Prior to Confirmation of
Status.—The Secretary may provide covered medication to an
individual under the pilot program prior to confirming the
status of the individual as a veteran if the individual
provides contact information for the individual and a written
self-attestation of veteran status.
(c) Site Selection.—The Secretary shall prioritize
carrying out the pilot program in geographical areas where
data indicates a disproportionately high risk of overdose
among the veteran population.
(d) Limitation on Use of Information.—
(1) In general.—In carrying out this section, the
Secretary may only collect the personally identifiable
information needed for prescribing covered medication under
the pilot program, and any personally identifiable
information collected under this section may be used solely
for the purpose of delivering, evaluating, and enhancing the
quality of health care.
(2) Exclusion.—The Secretary may not use any personally
identifiable information collected under this section—
(A) for the purpose of preventing a veteran from
employment;
(B) as evidence of a history of drug use; or
(C) as evidence that an individual is an unlawful user of
or addicted to any controlled substance.
(e) Provision of Information.—The Secretary shall ensure
that any individual who receives covered medication under the
pilot program also receives—
(1) information about addiction services, suicide
prevention services, mental health services, and other
related services provided by the Department of Veterans
Affairs; and
(2) information on the use and application of covered
medications.
(f) Report.—
(1) In general.—Not later than 30 days before the
completion of the pilot program under this section, the
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the pilot
program.
(2) Elements.—The report required by paragraph (1) shall
include the following:
(A) The number of veterans who received a covered
medication under the pilot program, disaggregated by those
enrolled in the system of annual patient enrollment of the
Department of Veterans Affairs under section 1705(a) of title
38, United States Code, and those not enrolled in such
system.
(B) An assessment of the feasibility of expanding the pilot
program to provide covered medications to immediate family
members of veterans.
(C) Any considerations associated with continuing,
expanding, or making permanent the pilot program.
(D) Any other recommendations of the Secretary with respect
to modifying or continuing the pilot program.
(g) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) Covered medication.—The term “covered medication”
means any opioid overdose rescue medication, such as
naloxone.
(2) Veteran.—The term “veteran” has the meaning given
that term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code.