S. 2772 · 114th Congress
A bill to eliminate the requirement that veterans pay a copayment to the Department of Veterans Affairs to…
Full title
A bill to eliminate the requirement that veterans pay a copayment to the Department of Veterans Affairs to receive opioid antagonists or education on the use of opioid antagonists.
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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 114th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.
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BaldwinSponsor4 cosponsors · 3 D, 1 R
1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
This bill exempts from the requirement that veterans pay a Department of Veterans Affairs copayment for:
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Apr 11, 2016
This bill exempts from the requirement that veterans pay a Department of Veterans Affairs copayment for:
- any opioid antagonists furnished to a veteran at high risk for overdose of a specific medication or substance in order to reverse the effect of such an overdose, and
- education on their use.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: A bill to eliminate the requirement that veterans pay a copayment to the Department of Veterans Affairs to receive opioid antagonists or education on the use of opioid antagonists.
Latest action (Apr 11, 2016): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Apr 11, 2016
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.