,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eegj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #i1         
#bjbj,mr4 ,king of ,new ,york 7for      
himself1 ,mr4 ,quigley1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1
 ,mr4 ,heck1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,mr4           
,krishnamoorthi1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,mr4     
,himes1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,ms4 ,kaptur1 ,mr4
 ,olson1 ,mr4 ,katko1 ,mr4 ,marshall1   
,mr4 ,amodei1 ,mrs4 ,radewagen1 ,mr4    
,welch1 ,mr4 ,suozzi1 ,mr4 ,keating1    
,ms4 ,stefanik1 and ,mr4 ,cole7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
direct the ,secretary of ,veterans      
,affairs to conduct a review of the     
deaths of certain veterans who died by  
suicide1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,veteran ,suicide ,prevention ,act4 
#b4 ,department of ,veterans ,affairs   
review of certain veterans' deaths by   
suicide  7a7 ,review required ,not later
 than #ah months after the date of the  

enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,veterans ,affairs shall complete a  
review of the deaths of all covered     
veterans who died by suicide during the 
five-year period preceding the date of  
the enactment of this ,act4 ,such review
 shall include--  7#a7 the total number 
of veterans who died by suicide during  
the five-year period preceding the date 
of the enactment of this ,act2  7#b7 a  
summary of such veterans that includes  
the age1 gender1 and race of such       
veterans2  7#c7 a comprehensive list of 
the medications prescribed to1 and found
 in the systems of1 such veterans at the
 time of their deaths1 specifically     
listing any medications that carried a  
black box warning1 were off-label1      
psychotropic1 or carried warnings that  
included suicidal ideation2  7#d7 a     
summary of medical diagnoses by         
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
physicians which led to the prescribing 
of the medications referred to in       
paragraph 7#c72  7#e7 the number of     

instances in which the veteran who died 
by suicide was concurrently on multiple 
medications prescribed by ,department of
 ,veterans ,affairs physicians2  7#f7   
the percentage of veterans who died by  
suicide who were not taking any         
medication prescribed by a ,department  
of ,veterans ,affairs physician2  7#g7  
the percentage of veterans referred to  
in paragraph 7#a7 with combat experience
 or trauma 7including1 but not limited  
to military sexual trauma1 traumatic    
brain injury1 and post-traumatic        
stress72  7#h7 ,veteran ,health         
,administration facilities with markedly
 high prescription and suicide rates of 
patients being treated at those         
facilities2  7#i7 a description of      
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
policies governing the prescribing of   
medications referred to in paragraph    
7#c72  7#aj7 any patterns apparent to   
the ,secretary based on the review2 and 
7#aa7 recommendations for further action
 that would improve the safety and      

well-being of veterans4  7b7 ,public    
availability ,not later than #cj days   
after the completion of the review      
required under subsection 7a71 the      
,secretary shall--  7#a7 submit to      
,congress a report on the results of the
 review2 and  7#b7 make such report     
publicly available4  7c7 ,covered       
veteran ,in this section3 7#a7 ,the term
 covered veteran means any veteran who  
received hospital care or medical       
services furnished by the ,department of
 ,veterans ,affairs during the five-year
 period preceding the death of the      
veteran4  7#b7 ,the term black box      
warning means a warning displayed within
 a box in the prescribing information   
for drugs that have special problems1   
particularly ones that may lead to death
 or serious injury4