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H.R. 2340: Fostering Intergovernmental Health Transparency in Veteran Suicides Act

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H.R. 2340: Fostering Intergovernmental Health Transparency in Veteran Suicides Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-04-18 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Received in the Senate.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-04-18 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate. 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

Fostering Intergovernmental Health Transparency in Veteran Suicides Act

Plain summary

Fostering Intergovernmental Health Transparency in Veteran Suicides Act or the FIGHT Veteran Suicides Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to notify Congress following a suicide or attempted suicide of a veteran that occurs in a VA facility. Specifically, the VA must provide the name and location of the facility and also specified information regarding the veteran who committed or attempted suicide. The VA is required to include in each notification (1) guidance to deter the sensationalism of suicide, (2) guidance for identifying warning signs exhibited by veterans at risk of suicide, and (3) information on the resources available from the VA to veterans at risk of suicide.

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Official text

Fostering Intergovernmental Health Transparency in Veteran Suicides Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11] · 12 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2340, Fostering Intergovernmental Health Transparency in Veteran Suicides Act (2019-05-17)

Cosponsors on this site

Susie Lee (D-NV), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Chris Pappas (D-NH)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr2340 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116