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S. 3314

U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee

Summary

S. 3314, the Written Informed Consent Act, was introduced in the Senate on Dec 2, 2025 by Sen. Tim Sheehy (R) with 7 co-sponsors. It was referred to Veterans' Affairs, and last saw action on Dec 2, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Record

Text

S. 3314 has 7 co-sponsors.

sb3314/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S3314 IS: Written Informed Consent Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-12-02
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 3314  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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Written Informed Consent Act  .
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.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-12-02
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

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.

Sponsors

Sen. Tim Sheehy (R) sponsors S. 3314, and 7 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 3314 went before 1 committee: Veterans' Affairs.

Veterans' Affairs
Veterans' Affairs
Referred To · Dec 2, 2025

Actions

S. 3314 has taken 2 actions since Dec 2, 2025.

ChamberAction
Dec 2, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.Veterans' Affairs Committee
Dec 2, 2025
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 3314 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to S. 3314.

Titles

S. 3314 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Written Informed Consent Act — Display Title
  • Written Informed Consent Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 20 registered lobbyists who named S. 3314 in 9 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Veterans, Medicare/Medicaid, Agriculture, Defense, Education.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN—District of Columbia13—
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS—District of Columbia13—
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH—District of Columbia13—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN13—
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS13—
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH13—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ANDREW STRICKLAND113
BENJAMIN VONACHEN113
DORIS PARFAITE-CLAUDE113
JON RETZER113
JULIO ABREU113
KAREN CONWELL SMITH113
KAREN STUDWELL113
KATHERINE MCGUIRE113
KENNETH POLISHCHUK113
NAOMI MATHIS113
PETER DICKINSON113
REYNA TAYLOR113
SCOTT BARSTOW113
SHAMALA CAPIZZI113
STEFANIE REEVES113
JOSEPH LEMAY112
KEVIN MILLER112
SERENA DAVILA112
SHANE LIERMANN112
JOY ILEM111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSNAMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN2026 first_quarter$580K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSNAMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN2026 second_quarter$340K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSNAMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN2025 fourth_quarter$340K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTHNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH2026 first_quarter$226.2K1st Quarter - Report
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANSDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS2026 first_quarter$175.9K1st Quarter - Report
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANSDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS2025 fourth_quarter$161.3K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTHNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH2026 second_quarter$150.6K2nd Quarter - Report
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANSDISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS2026 second_quarter$149.2K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTHNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH2025 fourth_quarter$82.7K4th Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 3314 under Armed Forces and National Security, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 3314’s is Armed Forces and National Security.

s3314/policy-areas.txt
Armed Forces and National SecurityAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com