A bill to eliminate the requirement that veterans pay a copayment to the Department of Veterans Affairs to receive opioid antagonists or education on the use of opioid antagonists.

Bill: 114-s-2772
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2016-04-11
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Drug therapy

Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Health promotion and preventive care

Home and outpatient care

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-04-11
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill exempts from the requirement that veterans pay a Department of Veterans Affairs copayment for:</p> <ul> <li>any opioid antagonists furnished to a veteran at high risk for overdose of a specific medication or substance in order to reverse the effect of such an overdose, and</li> <li>education on their use.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2772 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 11, 2016 Ms. Baldwin (for herself and Mr. Moran ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To eliminate the requirement that veterans pay a copayment to the Department of Veterans Affairs to receive opioid antagonists or education on the use of opioid antagonists.

1. Elimination of copayment requirement for veterans receiving opioid antagonists or education on use of opioid antagonists (a) Copayment for opioid antagonists Section 1722A(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (4) Paragraph (1) does not apply to opioid antagonists furnished under this chapter to a veteran who is at high risk for overdose of a specific medication or substance in order to reverse the effect of such an overdose. . (b) Copayment for education on use of opioid antagonists Section 1710(g)(3) of such title is amended— (1) by striking with respect to home health services and inserting “with respect to the following: (A) Home health services ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (B) Education on the use of opioid antagonists to reverse the effects of overdoses of specific medications or substances. .