H.R. 5867: STOP Veteran Suicide and Substance Abuse Act

116th Congress · introduced 2020-02-12 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Where it came from: introduced 2020-02-12 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray, Jr. [D-CA-39] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

STOP Veteran Suicide and Substance Abuse Act

Plain summary

Setting Treatment Options and Practices for Veteran Suicide and Substance Abuse Act or the STOP Veteran Suicide and Substance Abuse Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to complete the development of clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), military sexual trauma, and traumatic brain injury that is occurring simultaneously with substance use disorder or chronic pain. The VA, the Department of Defense (DOD), and the Department of Health and Human Services must create a Trauma and Comorbid Substance Use Disorder or Chronic Pain Work Group to develop such clinical practice guidelines in consultation with other work groups, including the Substance Use Work Group. The bill also requires the VA and DOD (through the Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Suicide Work Group) to issue an update to the VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline for Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Suicide that considers gender- and age-specific factors.

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Official text

STOP Veteran Suicide and Substance Abuse Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray, Jr. [D-CA-39] · 4 cosponsors

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Brian J. Mast (R-FL), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Daniel Meuser (R-PA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray, Jr. [D-CA-39] reported raising $853,124 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr5867.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr5867 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116