S 3314 · 119th Congress

Written Informed Consent Act

This bill requires the Veterans Affairs Department to expand its informed consent requirements to cover more types of medications that veterans receive. Currently, the VA has a directive that requires doctors to get written informed consent from veterans before starting them on long-term opioid pain medications—mean…

Sponsor

Sheehy, Tim (R-Montana)

Introduced

2025-12-02

Policy area

Armed Forces and National Security

Latest action

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