S. 2772 · 114th Congress
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.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Tammy Baldwin
- Introduced
- 2016-04-11
- Latest action
- 2016-04-11 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
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.