,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cgeh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #b1  
#bjbf,mrs4 ,shaheen 7for herself and    
,mr4 ,crapo7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary  
of ,veterans ,affairs to make opioid    
overdose rescue medications available to
 veterans and their caregivers1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,end ,veterans 
,overdose ,act of #bjbf4  #b4 ,provision
 of opioid overdose rescue medications  
by ,department of ,veterans ,affairs to 
veterans and their caregivers  7a7 ,in  
general ,the ,secretary of ,veterans    
,affairs shall make covered medications 
available at pharmacies of the          
,department of ,veterans ,affairs to any
 covered veteran or caregiver of a      
covered veteran at no charge and without
 a prescription4  7b7 ,provision of     
information ,the ,secretary shall ensure

 that any veteran or caregiver of a     
covered veteran who receives a covered  
medication under subsection 7a7 also    
receives drug information on the use of 
such medication4  7c7 ,limitation on use
 of information  7#a7 ,in general ,in   
carrying out this section1 the          
,secretary may only collect the         
personally identifiable information     
needed for prescribing covered          
medication1 and any personally          
identifiable information collected under
 this section may be used solely for the
 purpose of delivering1 evaluating1 and 
enhancing the quality of health care4   
7#b7 ,exclusion ,the ,secretary may not 
use any personally identifiable         
information collected under this        
section-- 7,a7 for the purpose of       
preventing a veteran from employment2   
7,b7 as evidence of a history of drug   
use2 or  7,c7 as evidence that an       
individual is an unlawful user of or    
addicted to any controlled substance4   
7d7 ,report  7#a7 ,in general ,not later

 than two years after the date on which 
the ,secretary first makes covered      
medications available to covered        
veterans and the caregivers of covered  
veterans pursuant to subsection 7a71 and
 annually thereafter1 the ,secretary    
shall submit to ,congress a report on   
this section4  7#b7 ,elements ,the      
report required under paragraph 7#a7    
shall include each of the following3    
7,a7 ,the number of covered veterans and
 caregivers of covered veterans who     
received covered medications under this 
section4  7,b7 ,an assessment of the    
feasibility of expanding the authority  
under this section to provide covered   
medications to immediate family members 
of covered veterans4  7,c7 ,an          
assessment of the feasibility of        
expanding the authority under this      
section to include non-,department      
health care providers through which the 
,secretary furnishes hospital care1     
medical services1 and extended care     
services to covered veterans under      

section #agjc of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code4  7,d7 ,an assessment of  
trends in the utilization of covered    
medications provided under this section4
  7,e7 ,any other recommendations of the
 ,secretary with respect to the         
authority under this section4  7e7      
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,caregiver ,the term caregiver means--  
7,a7 a family caregiver of a veteran    
participating in the program of         
comprehensive assistance for family     
caregivers under subsection 7a7 of      
section #agbj;,g of title #ch1 ,united  
,states ,code2 or  7,b7 a caregiver of a
 veteran participating in the program of
 general caregiver support services     
under subsection 7b7 of such section4   
7#b7 ,covered medication ,the term      
covered medication means any opioid     
overdose rescue medication1 such as     
naloxone4  7#c7 ,covered veteran ,the   
term covered veteran has the meaning    
given that term in section #agjc7;b7 of 
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code4