,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fiig  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bb1 #bjbj,mr4  
,roy 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,banks1 ,mr4    
,gosar1 ,mr4 ,steube1 ,mr4 ,norman1 ,mr4
 ,budd1 ,mr4 ,harris1 ,mr4 ,green of    
,tennessee1 and ,mr4 ,perry7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary  
of ,veterans ,affairs to increase the   
supply of prescription drugs for which  
the ,secretary pays for veterans during 
a public health emergency4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,veterans ,prescription ,flexibility    
,act4  #b4 ,payment by ,department of   
,veterans ,affairs of prescription drugs
 for veterans during public health      
emergency  7a7 ,increase of supply of   
prescriptions ,during a public health   
emergency1 the ,secretary of ,veterans  
,affairs shall pay for prescriptions for
 up to a #ij-;day supply of drugs1      
including over-the-counter drugs and    

medical and surgical supplies1 written  
by an eligible health care provider1    
notwithstanding section #ag4djbe7;b77#a7
 of title #ch1 ,code of ,federal        
,regulations1 or such successor         
regulation4  7b7 ,definitions ,in this  
section3 7#a7 ,the term eligible health 
care provider means a health care       
provider under section #agjc7;c7 of     
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 or an 
eligible entity or provider under       
section #agjc;,a7b7 of such title4  7#b7
 ,the term public health emergency means
 a public health emergency declared by  
the ,secretary of ,health and ,human    
,services under section #cai of the     
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;d74