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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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Peter King (R)*,  Ralph Abraham (R),  Mark Amodei (R),  Sanford Bishop (D),  Madeleine Bordallo (D),  Bradley Byrne (R),  Michael Capuano (D),  Tony Cárdenas (D),  Buddy Carter (R),  Matt Cartwright (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Emanuel Cleaver (D),  Mike Coffman (R),  Steve Cohen (D),  Tom Cole (R),  Chris Collins (R),  Barbara Comstock (R),  Gerry Connolly (D),  John Conyers (D),  Kevin Cramer (R),  John Delaney (D),  Rosa DeLauro (D),  Ron DeSantis (R),  Debbie Dingell (D),  Eliot Engel (D),  Rodney Frelinghuysen (R),  Tulsi Gabbard (D),  Ruben Gallego (D),  John Garamendi (D),  Denny Heck (D),  Clay Higgins (R),  Jim Himes (D),  Lynn Jenkins (R),  Walter Jones (R),  Dave Joyce (R),  Marcy Kaptur (D),  John Katko (R),  Bill Keating (D),  Joseph Kennedy (D),  Ro Khanna (D),  Ruben Kihuen (D),  Derek Kilmer (D),  Stephen Knight (R),  Raja Krishnamoorthi (D),  James Langevin (D),  Al Lawson (D),  Frank LoBiondo (R),  Barry Loudermilk (R),  Stephen Lynch (D),  Roger Marshall (R),  Thomas Massie (R),  Jim McGovern (D),  Patrick Meehan (R),  Seth Moulton (D),  Beto O'Rourke (D),  Pete Olson (R),  Scott Peters (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Mike Quigley (D),  Amata Radewagen (R),  Jacky Rosen (D),  Bobby Rush (D),  Tim Ryan (D),  David Scott (D),  F. James Sensenbrenner (R),  Carol Shea-Porter (D),  Louise Slaughter (D),  Elise Stefanik (R),  Tom Suozzi (D),  Eric Swalwell (D),  Dina Titus (D),  Marc Veasey (D),  Peter Welch (D),  Joe Wilson (R),  Rob Wittman (R),  John Yarmuth (D),  Kevin Yoder (R),  David Young (R), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (on 02/03/2017)

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