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H.R. 4640: Veteran Suicide Prevention Act

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H.R. 4640: Veteran Suicide Prevention Act

114th Congress · introduced 2016-02-26 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2016-02-26 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Jolly, David W. [R-FL-13] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Veteran Suicide Prevention Act

Plain summary

Veteran Suicide Prevention Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to complete a publicly available review of the deaths of all covered veterans who died by suicide during the preceding five-year period. Such review shall include: the total number of veterans who died by suicide during the five-year period; a summary that includes age, gender, and race; a list of the medications prescribed to, and found in the systems of, such veterans at the time of their deaths, and a summary of medical diagnoses by VA physicians which led to the prescribing of such medications; the number of instances in which the veteran was concurrently on multiple medications prescribed by VA physicians; the percentage of veterans who were not taking any medication prescribed by a VA physician; the percentage of veterans with combat experience or trauma; Veterans Health Administration facilities with markedly high prescription and patient suicide rates; a description of VA policies governing the prescribing of medications; and recommendations to improve the safety and well-being of veterans. "Covered veteran" means any veteran who received VA hospital care or medical services during the five-year period preceding the veteran's death.

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Official text

Veteran Suicide Prevention Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Jolly, David W. [R-FL-13] · 66 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Dina Titus (D-NV), William R. Keating (D-MA), J. French Hill (R-AR), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Al Green (D-TX), Mark Takano (D-CA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Steve Cohen (D-TN) and 6 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr4640 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114