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HR5999119th CongressWALLET

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish an opioid antagonist to a veteran without requiring a prescription or copayment.

Sponsored By: Representative Conaway

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Summary

VA must provide opioid antagonists to veterans without a prescription. The bill also removes the copayment requirement tied to furnishing those opioid antagonists under 38 U.S.C. 1722A(a)(4).

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  • Veterans: They can receive opioid antagonists from the Department of Veterans Affairs without needing a prescription and without paying the copayment that previously applied.
  • Department of Veterans Affairs: The change creates a statutory obligation for the VA to furnish these opioid antagonists and to stop collecting the related copayment. The text is silent on funding, implementation steps, phase in periods, or sunsets.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

No-prescription, no-copay overdose medicine for veterans

If enacted, VA would have to give veterans an opioid overdose reversal medicine without a prescription. VA would not charge a copay for it. This would apply when the medicine is furnished by VA to a veteran. The change would take effect upon enactment.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Conaway

NJ • D

Cosponsors

  • Morrison

    MN • D

    Sponsored 11/10/2025

  • Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3]

    WI • R

    Sponsored 12/10/2025

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