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House Bill 5867
116th Congress(2019-2020)
STOP Veteran Suicide and Substance Abuse Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Feb 12, 2020
Overview
Text
Introduced
Feb 12, 2020
Latest Action
Mar 2, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
5867
Congress
116
Policy Area
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed Forces and National Security
Primary focus of measure is military operations and spending, facilities, procurement and weapons, personnel, intelligence; strategic materials; war and emergency powers; veterans’ issues. Measures concerning alliances and collective security, arms sales and military assistance, or arms control may fall under International Affairs policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Gil Cisneros
California
Republican
Brian Mast
Florida
Republican
Troy Balderson
Ohio
Republican
Dan Meuser
Pennsylvania
Republican
Mike Kelly
Pennsylvania
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
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.

Text (1)
Introduced in House
February 12, 2020
Related Bills (1)
Oct 17, 2020
Became Public Law 116-171
54
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 785
Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019
Became Law
Amendments
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
A related bill may be a companion measure, an identical bill, a procedurally-related measure, or one with text similarities. Bill relationships are identified by the House, the Senate, or CRS, and refer only to same-Congress measures.
Identified By
CRS
Actions (3)
03/02/2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
02/12/2020
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
02/12/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Feb 9, 2022 12:55:52 AM
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