# 119-hr-8679: To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transmit a veteran's history of opioid prescriptions to a Community Care health care provider.

119-hr-8679, To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transmit a veteran's history of opioid prescriptions to a Community Care health care provider., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10] (R-GA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8679
- Congress: 119
- Title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transmit a veteran's history of opioid prescriptions to a Community Care health care provider.
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-05-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10] (R-GA)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Would require the VA to share veterans' opioid prescription histories** with non-Department Community Care providers and with Third Party Administrators as defined in law. This change is meant to give outside clinicians timely access to VA opioid records to support safer prescribing and care coordination. - Veterans and patients: Veterans receiving Community Care would have their VA opioid prescription history available to clinicians outside the VA, which could help avoid duplicate prescriptions and inform treatment decisions. - Community Care providers: Non-Department doctors and clinics would get VA opioid history for covered veterans to better coordinate care and make clinical decisions about pain management and prescribing. - Third Party Administrators: Entities defined under 38 U.S.C. 1703B would serve as the conduit for transmitting those opioid prescription records between the VA and Community Care providers.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX), 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Luttrell, Morgan [R-TX-8] (R-TX), 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] (R-TX), 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4] (R-IN), 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] (R-KY), 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fuller, Clay [R-GA-14] (R-GA), 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10] (R-NC), 2026-05-13T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Veterans' opioid history shared with providers: benefit, medium. This bill would require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to send a covered veteran's opioid prescription history from VA records to the outside provider who is furnishing Community Care. It would also require VA to send that history through the Third Party Administrator defined in 38 U.S.C. 1703B.…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-8679 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8679)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8679 (as of 2026-09-21).