US Congress Senate Bill 1721 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 8 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-07-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Joint Formularies for Veterans Act of 2015 This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to jointly establish: (1) a uniform formulary with respect to systemic pain and psychotropic drugs that are critical for the transition of an individual from receiving health care services furnished by DOD to health care services furnished by VA, and (2) a uniform formulary for DOD and VA that includes all appropriate systemic pain and psychotropic drugs. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit DOD and VA from each maintaining its own formularies.

Joint Formularies for Veterans Act of 2015

Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]

Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-08	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1721/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s1721/BILLS-114s1721is.pdf