Recognizing the 100th anniversary of Easterseals, a leading advocate and service provider for children and adults with disabilities, veterans, older adults, caregivers, and their families.
- Last Action
- 2/8/2019
Actions
- 2019-04-30Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- 2019-01-16Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2019-01-03Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2019-01-03Introduced in House
- 2019-01-03Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-01-03 (00)
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.
Cosponsors (5)
- Jefferson Van Drew (D-NJ)
- Brian Mast (R-FL)
- Joe Cunningham (D-SC)
- Gerald Connolly (D-VA)
- Kendra Horn (D-OK)
Subjects
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Drug therapy
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Family relationships
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Higher education
- Hospital care
- Marriage and family status
- Medicaid
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Mental health
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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