Veteran Overmedication and Suicide Prevention Act of 2021
Summary
Veteran Overmedication and Suicide Prevention Act of 2021 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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jan 4, 2021
Last action Feb 4, 2021
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Total actions
3
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Committee
2
Feb 4, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
lower
Jan 4, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
lower
Jan 4, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 18 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Vern Buchanan
RRepublican
Co
Abigail Davis Spanberger
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Posey
RRepublican
Co
Ed Case
DDemocratic
Co
Gerald E. Connolly
DDemocratic
Co
Guy Reschenthaler
RRepublican
Co
Jason Crow
DDemocratic
Co
Jefferson Van Drew
RRepublican
Co
Joe Neguse
DDemocratic
Co
John H. Rutherford
RRepublican
Co
Josh Gottheimer
DDemocratic
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