Bill: 119-HR5999
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish an opioid antagonist to a veteran without requiring a prescription or copayment.
Last action: 1-13-2026
Version: 2025112413
Current status: Subcommittee Hearings Held
Bill is currently in: House
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1. Provision by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of an opioid antagonist to a veteran1720M. Opioid antagonists.

1. Provision by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of an opioid antagonist to a veteran

(a) Requirement - Subchapter II of chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section (and amending the table of sections at the beginning of such chapter accordingly):

1720M. Opioid antagonists.

The Secretary shall furnish an opioid antagonist to a veteran without requiring a prescription.

(b) Elimination of copayment - Section 1722A of such title is amended, in subsection (a)(4), by striking all that follows "veteran" and inserting a period.