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purpleheartoklahoma
Lawton, OK
United States
ph: 580-583-6417
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Veterans Privacy Act needed

Veterans Medical Privacy Act

Folks,

I am the Chairman of the Advisory Council on Military Affairs, Law Enforcement and Veterans Affairs for Congressman John Sullivan (R-Dist 1, OK). I have seen the need for a law that prohibits the Dept of Veterans Affairs from releasing private medical records of veterans without the veteran's permission.

In 1995 (?) the VA dumped 85,000 personal medical records into the FBI computer system. These records concerned vets who had claims of PTSD. Now those honorable men and women cannot pass the NICS records check to purchase a firearm! We must see that this never happens again.

I am also asking Senator Coburn (R-OK) to sponsor a Senate version. Senator Coburn is very pro-Second Amendment. (Pat, can you work on this and advise?)

Please read this and pass it along. We want to generate a national backing for this bill! I will personally contact the national headquarters of the various veterans organizations and the NRA and GOA. When the time comes (when the bill is filed and we get a number).

I am the contact point on this issue. I can be contacted at centurion007@gmail.com

Craig Roberts

Semper Fi!

111^th Congress

2^nd Session (?)

HR _______

To establish the security and privacy of personal medical records for disabled veterans.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

(DATE)

Mr. Sullivan, (Co-sponsors)

A BILL

To establish Medical Records Privacy for Veterans whose medical records are held within the Department of Veterans Affairs.

TITLE

Disabled Veterans Medical Records Privacy Act

1. It shall be unlawful for the Department of Veterans Affairs to release any part of or all of a disabled veterans medical records without the written consent of said veteran to any Agency, Department, Bureau, individual, or other entity, whether public or private, including contractors and other medical or government entities without the advance written permission of the Veteran.

2. No part of said medical records will be incorporated into any computer data base outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs without the advanced written permission of said Veteran.

3. This Act will include all veterans who receive medical and/or psychological treatment from the Department of Veterans Affairs, whether said Veteran receives disability compensation or not.

4. Any signed permission will apply to a single request to release to a single entity only and will not apply as a blanket permission for release to any other entity. A separate authorization from the Veteran must be requested for each release of records.

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

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purpleheartoklahoma
Lawton, OK
United States
ph: 580-583-6417
brucedwyer@sbcglobal.net