S.Amdt. 3995

SA 3995. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk,
Mr. Reed, and Mr. Tester) to the bill H.R. 2577, making appropriations
for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban
Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

At the end of title II of division B, add the following:
Sec. 251. (a) Report on Opioid Abuse and Treatment.--Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, and not less frequently than annually thereafter, the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall publish on a publicly
available Internet website of the Department of Veterans
Affairs a report that includes the following information:
(1) A comprehensive list of all facilities of the
Department offering an opioid abuse treatment program,
including details on the types of services available at each
facility.
(2) The number of veterans treated by a health care
provider of the Department for opioid abuse during the year
preceding the publication of the report.
(3) Of the veterans described in paragraph (2), the number
treated for opioid abuse in conjunction with posttraumatic
stress disorder, depression, or anxiety.
(4) With respect to veterans receiving treatment for opioid
abuse--
(A) the average period of time veterans reported abusing
opioids before beginning such treatment during the year
preceding the publication of the report; and
(B) the main reasons reported to the Department by veterans
as to how they came to receive such treatment, including
self-referral or recommendation by a physician or family
member.
(b) Protection of Information.--No information published
under subsection (a) shall include any information that
personally identifies a veteran.
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