End Veterans Overdose Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3758 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3758

  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make opioid overdose 
rescue medications available to veterans and their caregivers, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 2, 2026

Mrs. Shaheen (for herself and Mr. Crapo) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make opioid overdose 
rescue medications available to veterans and their caregivers, 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 ``End Veterans Overdose Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. PROVISION OF OPIOID OVERDOSE RESCUE MEDICATIONS BY DEPARTMENT 
              OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO VETERANS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS.

    (a) 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 prescription.
    (b) Provision of Information.--The Secretary shall ensure that any 
veteran or caregiver of a covered veteran who receives a covered 
medication under subsection (a) also receives drug information on the 
use of such medication.
    (c) Limitation on Use of Information.--
            (1) In general.--In carrying out this section, the 
        Secretary may only collect the personally identifiable 
        information needed for prescribing covered medication, and any 
        personally identifiable information collected under this 
        section may be used solely for the purpose of delivering, 
        evaluating, and enhancing the quality of health care.
            (2) Exclusion.--The Secretary may not use any personally 
        identifiable information collected under this section--
                    (A) for the purpose of preventing a veteran from 
                employment;
                    (B) as evidence of a history of drug use; or
                    (C) as evidence that an individual is an unlawful 
                user of or addicted to any controlled substance.
    (d) Report.--
            (1) 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 (a), and annually thereafter, the 
        Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on this section.
            (2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
        shall include each of the following:
                    (A) The number of covered veterans and caregivers 
                of covered veterans who received covered medications 
                under this section.
                    (B) An assessment of the feasibility of expanding 
                the authority under this section to provide covered 
                medications to immediate family members of covered 
                veterans.
                    (C) 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 care, medical services, 
                and extended care services to covered veterans under 
                section 1703 of title 38, United States Code.
                    (D) An assessment of trends in the utilization of 
                covered medications provided under this section.
                    (E) Any other recommendations of the Secretary with 
                respect to the authority under this section.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Caregiver.--The term ``caregiver'' means--
                    (A) a family caregiver of a veteran participating 
                in the program of comprehensive assistance for family 
                caregivers under subsection (a) of section 1720G of 
                title 38, United States Code; or
                    (B) a caregiver of a veteran participating in the 
                program of general caregiver support services under 
                subsection (b) of such section.
            (2) Covered medication.--The term ``covered medication'' 
        means any opioid overdose rescue medication, such as naloxone.
            (3) Covered veteran.--The term ``covered veteran'' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 1703(b) of title 38, United 
        States Code.
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