HR 6858 · in committee · significant
Veteran Suicide Prevention Act
- veterans
What this bill does
- The VA must review all veteran suicides from the past five years and publish findings.
- This affects veterans who received VA hospital care or medical services.
- The review must be completed and results made public, with no new funding mechanism specified.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
What specific gaps in VA mental health services does the bill expect the five-year suicide review to identify?
- 02
Should Congress allocate dedicated funding for this review, or should the VA absorb the costs from its existing budget?
- 03
How might publishing detailed suicide findings help prevent future veteran deaths, and what privacy concerns arise from public disclosure?
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Sponsor · R-NY-2
Andrew R. Garbarino
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
12/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2026-01-22
Joining the bill

Joe Neguse
D-CO-2 · original

Michael Lawler
R-NY-17 · original

James A. Himes
D-CT-4 · original

Donald G. Davis
D-NC-1 · original

Thomas H. Kean, Jr.
R-NJ-7 · original

Burgess Owens
R-UT-4

Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen
R-AS

Josh Harder
D-CA-9

Sarah McBride
D-DE

Jahana Hayes
D-CT-5

Jennifer A. Kiggans
R-VA-2

Maggie Goodlander
D-NH-2
Legislative timeline
2026-01-22 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2025-12-18 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2025-12-18 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-12-18 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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