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HR 6858 · in committee · significant

Veteran Suicide Prevention Act

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

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  1. 01

    What specific gaps in VA mental health services does the bill expect the five-year suicide review to identify?

  2. 02

    Should Congress allocate dedicated funding for this review, or should the VA absorb the costs from its existing budget?

  3. 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

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Introduced 2026-01-22

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2026-01-22 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

  2. 2025-12-18 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

  3. 2025-12-18 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-12-18 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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