US Congress House Bill 1371 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 6 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Vet Connect Act of 2017 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.

Vet Connect Act of 2017

Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-09	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-03-06	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2017-03-06	House	Introduced in House

SB530 (Related) 2017-03-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1371/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1371/BILLS-115hr1371ih.pdf