HYDE-SMITH SUPPORTS BILL TO OFFER VETERANS NON-OPIOID ALTERNATIVES
Support legislation to give veterans greater access to non-opioid pain management alternatives.
Occurrences
Evidence
Hyde-Smith said she "cosponsored legislation to direct the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to give veterans greater access to non-opioid alternatives" and identified it as the NOPAIN for Veterans Act (S.3209).
Congress.gov lists Cindy Hyde-Smith among the bill's Senate cosponsors. The bill's latest action is "Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs" and its status is Introduced.
Assessments
The promise was to support legislation, not necessarily to enact it. Hyde-Smith is documented as a cosponsor of the NOPAIN for Veterans Act, legislation aimed at giving veterans greater access to non-opioid pain management alternatives. Because cosponsorship is a direct, material act of legislative support that matches the commitment, the promise counts as delivered even though the bill itself remained only introduced.