Veteran Overmedication and Suicide Prevention Act of 2025 has not moved since its introduction on Jan 3, 2025, with cosponsors from both parties
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 114 words.
Veteran Overmedication and Suicide Prevention Act of 2025 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.
- Committees
- House Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security: 268 of 6,567 bills became law, 113th–118th (4.1%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 171 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 1,574 words
- Subjects
- Department of Veterans AffairsDrug therapyDrug trafficking and controlled substancesDrug, alcohol, tobacco useFamily relationshipsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel management +16 more
- Latest action
- Feb 3, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
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