US Congress House Bill 411 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 47-31)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Veteran Suicide Prevention Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to complete a publicly available review of the deaths of all covered veterans who died by suicide during the preceding five-year period. Such review shall include: the total number of veterans who died by suicide during the five-year period; a summary that includes age, gender, and race; a list of the medications prescribed to, and found in the systems of, such veterans at the time of their deaths, and a summary of medical diagnoses by VA physicians which led to the prescribing of such medications; the number of instances in which the veteran was concurrently on multiple medications prescribed by VA physicians; the percentage of veterans who were not taking any medication prescribed by a VA physician; the percentage of veterans with combat experience or trauma; Veterans Health Administration facilities with markedly high prescription and patient suicide rates; a description of VA policies governing the prescribing of medications; and recommendations to improve the safety and well-being of veterans. "Covered veteran" means any veteran who received VA hospital care or medical services during the five-year period preceding the veteran's death.

Veteran Suicide Prevention Act

Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]	Rep. Amata Radewagen [R-AS]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]
Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]
Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Sen. Roger Marshall [R-KS]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Stephen Knight [R-CA]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Barry Loudermilk [R-GA]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Ron DeSantis [R-FL]
Rep. David Young [R-IA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Clay Higgins [R-LA]
Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-01-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2017-01-10	House	Introduced in House

HB5531 (Related) 2018-05-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/411/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr411/BILLS-115hr411ih.pdf