3.0.0 2497 2023-01-11T13:15:24Z 2023-01-11T13:15:24Z Senate S S 2007-12-18 110 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-12-18T17:21:02Z 2007-12-18 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2007-12-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N Armed Forces and National Security Access to health care Administrative procedure Afghanistan Armed forces abroad Armed forces reserves Congress Congress and military policy Congressional reporting requirements Counseling Drug abuse Drug abuse treatment Families Government Operations and Politics Health Iraq Iraq compilation Law Legislation Managed care Mental health services Middle East and North Africa Military dependents Military medicine Military operations National Guard Quality of care Social Welfare South Asia Armed Forces and National Security 00 2007-12-18 Introduced in Senate 2008-04-03T15:53:22Z Expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense (DOD) should undertake actions to ensure that family members of National Guard and Reserve personnel who are deployed have full access to mental health care during the periods of mobilization, deployment, and demobilization.

Requires the Secretary of Defense to undertake an initiative to increase access to mental health care, including education concerning mental health challenges and information on available resources, for family members of such personnel who are mobilized.

Requires reimbursement under the TRICARE program for certain mental health care services, including chemical dependency treatment, provided to a family member of a covered Guard or Reserve member during a period of deployment on active duty for more than 30 days in connection with Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom who, while on such duty, is covered by the TRICARE program on a for self and family basis.

Requires regular reports from the Secretary assessing the access and quality of such family mental health care services and recommendations for legislative and administrative action.

]]> A bill to ensure that families of members of the National Guard and Reserve have full access to mental health care during the mobilization, deployment, and demobilization of such members, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to ensure that families of members of the National Guard and Reserve have full access to mental health care during the mobilization, deployment, and demobilization of such members, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to ensure that families of members of the National Guard and Reserve have full access to mental health care during the mobilization, deployment, and demobilization of such members, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2007-12-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2497is/xml/BILLS-110s2497is.xml 2007-12-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.