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S.3410: Veteran Overmedication Prevention Act of 2016
About This Bill
- Introduced Sept. 28, 2016
- Latest Major Action Sept. 28, 2016
- See the three similar bills introduced in other congresses.
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Bill Summary
Veteran Overmedication Prevention Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (or another private, not-for-profit entity with comparable expertise) to review the deaths of all covered veterans who died by suicide during the last five years. The review shall include: the total numbers of veterans who died by a violent death or by an...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
Date | Description |
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Sept. 28, 2016 |
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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Sept. 28, 2016 |
Introduced in the Senate by John McCain (R-Ariz.) |