(a) In general
Section 1703C of title 38, United States Code, is amended, in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
(8) The standards established under this subsection shall require the Secretary to transmit a history of opioid prescriptions contained in records of the Department regarding a covered veteran—
(A) to a non-Department health care provider through whom the Secretary furnishes health care, pursuant to section 1703 of this title, to such covered veteran; and
(B) through a Third Party Administrator.
(b) Definitions
Such section is further amended, in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
(3) The term Third Party Administrator has the meaning given such term in section 1703B of this title.