{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://kind.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-ron-kind-introduces-jason-simcakoski-promise-act", "Rep. Ron Kind Introduces Jason Simcakoski PROMISE Act", "2015-11-04", "2015", "2015-11", "Democrat", "House", "WI", "Ron Kind", "K000188", "kind.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Rep. Ron Kind Introduces Jason Simcakoski PROMISE Act \nBipartisan Bill Ensures Wisconsin Veterans Receive the Care They Earned and Deserve \nLa Crosse, WI Today, U.S. Rep. Ron Kind joined Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) to introduce the Jason Simcakoski PROMISE Act, which aims to fix a number of problems seen at the Tomah VA, including looking into improved pain management practices. This legislation is named in honor of Jason Simcakoski, a Wisconsin veteran who tragically lost his life last year.\nWe must make sure no other veterans and their families have to go through what the Simcakoski family and others have had to. One of the best ways to do this is to give veteran patients and their families a real role in VA oversight and to provide health care professionals better training on the negative effects of prescription painkillers. This legislation takes some of the lessons learned from the problems at Tomah and helps the VA provide better care for veterans nationwide, Rep Kind stated.\nThis bipartisan legislation requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to update pain management guidelines, strengthen provider education and training, improve patient advocacy, and authorizes a new commission to examine alternative treatments, among other provisions. The Jason Simcakoski PROMISE Act is the House companion to the Jason Simcakoski Memorial Opioid Safety Act in the Senate.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://kind.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-ron-kind-introduces-jason-simcakoski-promise-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8749039843678474, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}