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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 6858

Veteran Suicide Prevention Act

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Introduced 2025-12-18Topic: veterans military · public health · health care

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Veteran Suicide Prevention Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to complete a review of the deaths of all covered veterans who died by suicide during the five-year period preceding the enactment of this bill. Covered veterans are those who received VA hospital care or medical services during the five-year period preceding the death of the veteran. The VA shall report on the results of the review and make such report publicly available.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-01-22HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.refer
2025-12-18HouseReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.refer
2025-12-18Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-12-18Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-25. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.