US Congress House Bill 4640 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 26 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-07 - 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. David Jolly [R-FL]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. French Hill [R-AR]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Dave Brat [R-VA]
Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]
Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Barry Loudermilk [R-GA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Robert Dold [R-IL]
Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Joe Wilson [R-SC]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]
Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. John Ratcliffe [R-TX]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2016-02-26	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2016-02-26	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4640/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4640/BILLS-114hr4640ih.pdf