Veterans, Prescription Opioids and Benzodiazepines, and Mortality, 2007–2019: Three Target Trial Emulations (2025)
Chapter: Appendix C: Public Law 116-171
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Suggested Citation:
"Appendix C: Public Law 116-171." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Veterans, Prescription Opioids and Benzodiazepines, and Mortality, 2007–2019: Three Target Trial Emulations. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/28584.
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Public Law 116-171
| An Act | |
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To improve mental health care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. |
Oct. 17, 2020 [S. 785] |
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019. 38 USC 101 note. |
TITLE II—SUICIDE PREVENTION
SEC. 204. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS STUDY OF ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY OF VETERANS, INCLUDING BY SUICIDE, AND REVIEW OF STAFFING LEVELS OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.
- STUDY OF DEATHS OF VETERANS BY SUICIDE.—
- IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine under which the Secretary shall collaborate and coordinate with the National Academies on a revised study design to fulfill the goals of the 2019 study design of the National Academies described in the explanatory statement accompanying the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94), as part of cur- rent and additional research priorities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to evaluate the effects of opioids and benzodiazepine on all-cause mortality of veterans, including suicide, regardless of whether information relating to such deaths has been reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix C: Public Law 116-171." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Veterans, Prescription Opioids and Benzodiazepines, and Mortality, 2007–2019: Three Target Trial Emulations. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/28584.
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- GOALS.—In carrying out the collaboration and coordination under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall seek as much as possible to achieve the same advancement of useful knowledge as the 2019 study design described in such paragraph.
- BRIEFINGS.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall brief the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives containing the interim results—
- with respect to the study under subsection (a)(1), not later than 24 months after entering into the agreement under such subsection; and
- REPORTS.—
- REPORT ON STUDY.—Not later than 90 days after the completion by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in coordination with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine of the study required under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall—
- submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on the results of the study; and
- make such report publicly available.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix C: Public Law 116-171." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Veterans, Prescription Opioids and Benzodiazepines, and Mortality, 2007–2019: Three Target Trial Emulations. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/28584.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix C: Public Law 116-171." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Veterans, Prescription Opioids and Benzodiazepines, and Mortality, 2007–2019: Three Target Trial Emulations. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/28584.
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