VETERANS MEDICATION PROTOCOL House SponsorsRep. Linda Chapa LaVia and Al Riley 5/31/2013HouseResolution Adopted as Amended Urges the Department of Veteran Affairs and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to develop a basic protocol which will provide direction on how best to make available such medications to veterans suffering from PTSD and other forms of severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia, schizophrenia disorder, and bipolar disorders.House Floor Amendment No. 2 Removes the Department of Veterans Affairs from the list of agencies urged to develop a basic protocol to provide direction on how to make medications available to veterans suffering from mental illnesses. Adds language directing the chair and the minority spokesman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee to monitor the preparations of such a protocol and periodically make reports to the House of Representatives, the Office of the Governor, the director of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and the director of the Department of Veterans' Affairs. 5/20/2013HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia 5/21/2013HouseReferred to Rules Committee 5/29/2013HouseAssigned to Veterans' Affairs Committee 5/29/2013HouseMoved to Suspend Rule 21 Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie 5/29/2013HouseSuspend Rule 21 - Prevailed 5/30/2013HouseRecommends Be Adopted Veterans' Affairs Committee; 016-000-000 5/30/2013HousePlaced on Calendar Order of Resolutions 5/30/2013HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia 5/30/2013HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee 5/31/2013HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley 5/31/2013HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia 5/31/2013HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee 5/31/2013HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 5/31/2013HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted 5/31/2013HouseResolution Adopted as Amended