Vet Connect Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1371
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2017-03-06
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

HIV/AIDS

Health information and medical records

Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Veterans' medical care
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Vet Connect Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to disclose to non-VA entities that provide hospital care or medical treatment to veterans (including private entities and other federal agencies) records of the identity, diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment of any patient in connection with a program relating to drug abuse, alcoholism or alcohol abuse, infection with the human immunodeficiency virus, or sickle cell anemia. Such an entity may not redisclose or use such record for a purpose other than that for which the disclosure was made.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1371 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 6, 2017 Mr. O'Rourke introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disclose to non-Department of Veterans Affairs health care providers certain medical records of veterans who receive health care from such providers.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Vet Connect Act of 2017 . 2. Authority to disclose certain medical records of veterans who receive non-Department of Veterans Affairs health care Section 7332(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (H) (i) To a non-Department entity (including private entities and other departments or agencies of the Federal Government) that provides hospital care or medical treatment to veterans. (ii) An entity to which a record is disclosed under this subparagraph may not redisclose or use such record for a purpose other than that for which the disclosure was made. .