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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 2359 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require a report on military health care referral policies. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 7 | 7 | | JULY18, 2023 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. O |
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| 9 | 9 | | SSOFFintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred |
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| 10 | 10 | | to the Committee on Armed Services |
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| 11 | 11 | | A BILL |
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| 12 | 12 | | To require a report on military health care referral policies. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 14 | 14 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Servicemember Mental 4 |
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| 17 | 17 | | Health Support Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SEC. 2. REPORT ON MILITARY MENTAL HEALTH CARE RE-6 |
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| 19 | 19 | | FERRAL POLICIES. 7 |
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| 20 | 20 | | (a) R |
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| 21 | 21 | | EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | port— 11 |
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| 26 | 26 | | kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •S 2359 IS |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) detailing the mental health care referral 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | policies of the Armed Forces; and 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2) the impact of removing primary care refer-3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ral requirements for outpatient mental health care 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | on— 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (A) military readiness; 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (B) the uptake of outpatient mental health 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | care services by members of the Armed Forces; 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | and 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (C) suicide prevention. 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (b) R |
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| 39 | 39 | | ECOMMENDATIONS .—The report required by 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | subsection (a) shall include recommendations and legisla-12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | tive proposals— 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (1) to improve resources and access for out-14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | patient mental health care services by members of 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | the Armed Forces; 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) to encourage the uptake of such services by 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | such members; and 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (3) to maintain military readiness. 19 |
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