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This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to share veterans' opioid prescription histories with community care providers when those providers are furnishing health care to veterans outside the VA system. The requirement applies to covered veterans receiving care through non-VA healthcare providers under the VA's Community Care program. The prescription history information would be transmitted either directly to the community care provider or through a third-party administrator that handles such data transfers. The bill does not specify funding amounts or implementation timelines. This measure aims to improve medication safety and coordination by ensuring that outside healthcare providers have access to a veteran's complete opioid prescription record when treating them through the VA's Community Care program.

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