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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.
Summary
The bill directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to expand the Veterans Health Administration's informed consent directive for long-term opioid therapy to also apply to antipsychotics, stimulants, antidepressants, anxiolytics, and narcotics. The current VHA Directive 1005 requires written informed consent for patients receiving long-term opioid therapy. The expansion would extend these written consent requirements to the additional medication categories prescribed through the Veterans Health Administration.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT)
7 cosponsors
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN)
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN)
- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] (R-MT)
- Sen. Justice, James C. [R-WV] (R-WV)
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] (R-UT)
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] (R-ID)
- Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL] (R-AL)
Actions (2)
- Dec 2, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · senate
- Dec 2, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 2, 2025
Mr. Sheehy (for himself and Mr. Tuberville) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
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 directive 1005 of the Veterans Health Administration, 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. <all>
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