# 115-hr-5829: VA Opioid Prescribing Rates Accountability Act

115-hr-5829, VA Opioid Prescribing Rates Accountability Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] (R-OK); status Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-5829
- Congress: 115
- Title: VA Opioid Prescribing Rates Accountability Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Introduced: 2018-05-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] (R-OK)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

VA Opioid Prescribing Rates Accountability Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to: (1) report at least annually to each Veterans Health Administration physician on his or her opioid prescribing rates, and (2) provide physicians who were among the highest opioid prescribers each fiscal year with pain management training.

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- 115-hr-7362: Pay our Doctors Act of 2018
- 115-hr-6941: Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act
- 115-hr-6647: To amend the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to move the enforcement office to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to increase the civil monet…
- 115-hr-6356: LIST Act of 2018
- 115-hr-6346: WHOLE Act of 2018
- 115-hr-6345: EMPOWERS Act of 2018

## Sources
- [115-hr-5829 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5829)

## Related
- [115-hr-7362: Pay our Doctors Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7362)
- [115-hr-6941: Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6941)
- [115-hr-6647: To amend the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to move the…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6647)
- [115-hr-6356: LIST Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6356)
- [115-hr-6346: WHOLE Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6346)
- [115-hr-6345: EMPOWERS Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6345)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5829 (as of 2025-11-18).