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Tim Sheehy (R-MT)

Written Informed Consent Act

S. 3314 · Senate bill Armed Forces and National Security

A Republican bill with 8 Republican cosponsors · See all 8 cosponsors

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, known as the "Written Informed Consent Act," directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update an existing directive. The goal is to expand the scope of the Veterans Health Administration's directive regarding informed consent. Specifically, it targets the expansion of directive 1005, which was originally focused on long-term opioid therapy for pain. The update would require the directive to apply to several other types of medications. These include antipsychotics, stimulants, antidepressants, anxiolytics, and narcotics.

Yes· 3 of 4

  • Scored +4

    Does this help veterans get medical care?

    The bill enhances veteran care by requiring formal informed consent for a wider range of medications administered by the Veterans Health Administration.

  • Scored +4

    Would veterans be better off under this, taking everything together?

    Veterans gain better protection through expanded informed consent protocols for antipsychotics, stimulants, antidepressants, anxiolytics, and narcotics.

  • Scored +3

    Does this make mental health care easier to get?

    The bill expands informed consent requirements for medications including antipsychotics, stimulants, antidepressants, and anxiolytics used in mental health treatment.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.