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handle is hein.congrec/cbovtqul0001 and id is 1 raw text is: j Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate March 25, 2020 By Fiscl Year, Milliars of Dilars 2020 2020-2025 2020 2030 Direct Spending (Outlays) 0 0 0 Revenues Increase or Decrease () in e Deficit 0 0 0 0 0 0 H.R. 1647 would require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to authorize physicians and other health care providers employed by the department to provide recommendations and opinions on the use of medical marijuana to veterans who live where its use is legal under state law. The bill also would require health care providers of the department to document those recommendations in the veterans' health records. Under current policy, health care providers at VA discuss various treatment options with their patients in the course of providing health care. Additionally, VA encourages physicians to discuss marijuana use with patients who participate in state-approved marijuana programs. Thus, CBO estimates that providing information on medical marijuana would not increase VA's costs to provide health care to veterans. The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Ann E. Futrell. The estimate was reviewed by Leo Lex, Deputy Director of Budget Analysis. See also CBO's Cost Estimates Explained, www.cbo.gov/pubication/54437; How CBO Prepares Cost Estimates, w wcbo gov/publication/53519; and Glossary, www cbo~gov/publication/42904.

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