US Congress Senate Bill 2991 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on December 5 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-12-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
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

Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]

Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]

Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-12-05	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

HB100 (Same As) 2019-04-30 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
SB785 (Related) 2020-10-17 - Became Public Law No: 116-171. (TXT | PDF)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2991/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2991/BILLS-116s2991is.pdf