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H.R. 4837

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 4837, the Written Informed Consent Act, was introduced in the House on Aug 1, 2025 by Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R) with 25 co-sponsors. It was referred to Subcommittee on Health, and last saw action on Dec 19, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Record

Text

H.R. 4837 has 25 co-sponsors.

hb4837/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 4837 IH: Written Informed Consent Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-08-01
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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.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 4837  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    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 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.

Tracker

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

  1. Introduced2025-08-01
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

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

Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R) sponsors H.R. 4837, and 25 members have co-sponsored it, 2 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 4837 went before 2 committees: Health Subcommittee and Veterans' Affairs.

Health Subcommittee
Health Subcommittee
Referred to · Dec 19, 2025 · 143 Bills
Veterans' Affairs
Veterans' Affairs
Referred To · Aug 1, 2025 · 285 Bills

Actions

H.R. 4837 has taken 3 actions since Aug 1, 2025, the latest on Dec 19, 2025.

ChamberAction
Dec 19, 2025
House
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.Health Subcommittee
Aug 1, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Aug 1, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.Veterans' Affairs Committee

Votes

H.R. 4837 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to H.R. 4837.

Titles

H.R. 4837 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

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

7 clients hired 7 firms and 63 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 4837 in 27 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 Veterans, Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Education, Immigration, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Defense.

Clients

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

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia15—
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia14—
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN—District of Columbia14—
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS—District of Columbia14—
FLEET RESERVE ASSOCIATION—Virginia14—
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS—Kansas13—
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH—District of Columbia13—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION15—
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION14—
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN14—
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS14—
FLEET RESERVE ASSOCIATION14—
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS13—
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH13—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 63.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ALEXIS PIERCE115
ANDREW WANKUM115
ANGELA FRANKLIN115
ASHLEY DELOSH115
BRYAN HULL115
CHRISTOPHER SHERIN115
DANA LICHTENBERG115
JASON MARINO115
JEFFREY COUGHLIN115
KATHERINE DAPPER115
KORYN RUBIN115
LINDSEY BRILL115
LISA MYERS115
MARGARET GARIKES115
MATTHEW REID115
PHILIP LYNCH115
ROBERT REDDING115
SANDRA MARKS115
SHANNON CURTIS115
SUZANNE JOY115

Filings

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

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$8M1st Quarter - Amendme…
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$8M1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$5.5M4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$5.1M2nd Quarter - Amendme…
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANSAMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS2026 second_quarter$1M2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANSAMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS2026 first_quarter$684K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANSAMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS2025 fourth_quarter$667.9K4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSNAMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN2026 first_quarter$580K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$513K2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$392K4th 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
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION2025 third_quarter$221.4K3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSNAMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN2025 third_quarter$220K3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$205.8K1st 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

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 4837 under Armed Forces and National Security, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 4837’s is Armed Forces and National Security.

hr4837/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

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 4837, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BILIRAKIS:H.R. 4837.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, section 8[Page H3674]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com