Written Informed Consent Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4837 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4837

 To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to expand a directive of
the Veterans Health Administration regarding informed consent to apply
                    to certain types of medications.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 1, 2025

 Mr. Bilirakis (for himself, Mr. Bergman, and Mr. Self) introduced the
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans'
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to expand a directive of
the Veterans Health Administration regarding informed consent to apply
                    to certain types of medications.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Written Informed Consent Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF CERTAIN DIRECTIVE OF THE VETERANS HEALTH
              ADMINISTRATION REGARDING INFORMED CONSENT TO APPLY TO
              CERTAIN TYPES OF MEDICATIONS.

    The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall update VHA Directive 1005
(dated May 13, 2020, and titled ``Informed Consent For Long-term Opioid
Therapy For Pain'') to apply to the following types of medications:
            (1) Antipsychotics.
            (2) Stimulants.
            (3) Antidepressants.
            (4) Anxiolytics.
            (5) Narcotics.
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