Fully Informed Veteran Act of 2021

Fully Informed Veteran Act of 2021

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to authorize physicians and other health care providers of the Veterans Health Administration to provide veterans with information about participating in state-approved marijuana programs if their state has such a program available. Under the bill, the term state includes the District of Columbia, federally recognized tribes, and U.S. territories and possessions.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3601 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3601

    To authorize physicians and other health care providers of the 
 Department of Veterans Affairs to provide information regarding State-
    approved marijuana programs to veterans, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 28, 2021

 Mr. Lamb (for himself and Mr. Meijer) introduced the following bill; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in 
 addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize physicians and other health care providers of the 
 Department of Veterans Affairs to provide information regarding State-
    approved marijuana programs to veterans, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fully Informed Veteran Act of 
2021''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZED PROVISION OF INFORMATION ON STATE-APPROVED MARIJUANA 
              PROGRAMS TO VETERANS.

    (a) Authorized Provision of Information.--Notwithstanding the 
provisions of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or 
any other Federal, State, or local law regulating or prohibiting the 
provision of information on marijuana, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall authorize physicians and other health care providers of 
the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to provide to veterans who are residents of States with State-
approved marijuana programs information regarding the participation of 
such veterans in such programs.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``information'' includes details such as 
        informational materials, internet websites, and relevant 
        contact information for State-approved marijuana programs.
            (2) The term ``marijuana'' has the meaning given the term 
        ``marihuana'' in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act 
        (21 U.S.C. 802).
            (3) The term ``State'' means each of the several States, 
        the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any 
        territory or possession of the United States, and each 
        federally recognized Indian Tribe.
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