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Veteran Overmedication and Suicide Prevention Act of 2019

Introduced: December 5, 2019 Introduced by: Sullivan, Dan Republican · Alaska See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Dec 5, 2019
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Veteran Overmedication and Suicide Prevention Act of 2019

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to report on the deaths of covered veterans who died by suicide during the last five years, regardless of whether information relating to such deaths has been reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A covered veteran is any veteran who received VA hospital care or medical services during the five-year period preceding the veteran's death.

Among other elements, the report shall include the total number of covered veterans who died by suicide, violent death, or accidental death, as well as certain demographic information.

What's happening now December 5, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 785 Related bill Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019
  • HR 100 Identical bill Veteran Overmedication and Suicide Prevention Act of 2019
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All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jan 28, 2020
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Jan 14, 2020
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Dec 5, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2991: Veteran Overmedication and Suicide Prevention Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2991/
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