US Congress House Bill 100 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 3 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-04-30 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Veteran Overmedication and Suicide Prevention Act of 2019

Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Jeff Van Drew [R-NJ]	Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]	Rep. Joe Cunningham [D-SC]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Kendra Horn [D-OK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-30	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2019-01-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-01-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2019-01-03	House	Introduced in House

SB2991 (Same As) 2019-12-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
SB785 (Related) 2020-10-17 - Became Public Law No: 116-171. (TXT | PDF)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/100/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr100/BILLS-116hr100ih.pdf