Us Congress 2023-2024 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB3267 Compare Versions

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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 3267
5	5	To authorize the provision of non-medical counseling services to a member
6	6	of the Armed Forces, or a dependent of such member, by a mental
7	7	health professional, without regard to the location of the provider or
8	8	recipient of such services.
9	9	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10	10	MAY11, 2023
11	11	Ms. S
12	12	LOTKIN(for herself and Mr. WITTMAN) introduced the following bill;
13	13	which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To authorize the provision of non-medical counseling services
16	16	to a member of the Armed Forces, or a dependent of
17	17	such member, by a mental health professional, without
18	18	regard to the location of the provider or recipient of
19	19	such services.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
21	21	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
22	22	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
23	23	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Comforting Our Mili-4
24	24	tary Families through On-base or Remote Treatment Act’’ 5
25	25	or the ‘‘COMFORT Act’’. 6
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29	29	SEC. 2. NON-MEDICAL COUNSELING SERVICES FOR MILI-1
30	30	TARY FAMILIES. 2
31	31	(a) N
32	32	ON-MEDICALCOUNSELINGSERVICES.—Not-3
33	33	withstanding any other provision of law, a mental health 4
34	34	professional described in subsection (b) may provide non- 5
35	35	medical counseling services to military families at any lo-6
36	36	cation in a State, the District of Columbia, or a territory 7
37	37	or possession of the United States, without regard to 8
38	38	where the provider or recipient of such services is located, 9
39	39	if the provision of such services is within the scope of the 10
40	40	authorized Federal duties of the provider. 11
41	41	(b) C
42	42	OVEREDMENTALHEALTHPROFESSIONALS.— 12
43	43	A mental health professional described in this subsection 13
44	44	is a person who is— 14
45	45	(1) a currently licensed or certified mental 15
46	46	health care provider who holds an unrestricted li-16
47	47	cense or certification that is— 17
48	48	(A) issued by a State, the District of Co-18
49	49	lumbia, or a territory or possession of the 19
50	50	United States; and 20
51	51	(B) recognized by the Secretary of De-21
52	52	fense; 22
53	53	(2) a member of the Armed Forces, a civilian 23
54	54	employee of the Department of Defense, or a con-24
55	55	tractor designated by the Secretary; and 25
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59	59	(3) performing authorized duties for the De-1
60	60	partment of Defense under a program or activity re-2
61	61	ferred to in subsection (a). 3
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