Vet Connect Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 3/9/2017
Actions
- 2017-03-09Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2017-03-06Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2017-03-06Introduced in House
- 2017-03-06Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-03-06 (00)
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.
Subjects
- Digestive and metabolic diseases
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- HIV/AIDS
- Health information and medical records
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Veterans' medical care
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