3.0.0 2778 2022-02-03T05:08:42Z 2022-02-03T05:08:42Z Senate S S 2008-03-13 110 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-03-14T00:21:43Z 2008-03-13 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2008-03-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. N B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2008-03-13 True B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2008-05-01 False Armed Forces and National Security Armed forces reserves Education Health Higher education Medical education Mental health services Military medicine Military pay Nurses Officer personnel Psychiatrists Psychologists Recruiting and enlistment Scholarships Social Welfare Social work Armed Forces and National Security 00 2008-03-13 Introduced in Senate 2008-06-09T20:45:47Z Armed Forces Mental Health Professionals Recruitment and Retention Enhancement Act of 2008 - Amends federal military pay provisions to provide: (1) a bonus of up to $25,000 per year for officers who agree to remain on active duty as clinical psychologists; (2) an accession bonus of up to $400,000 to clinical psychologists with a critically short wartime specialty who agree to accept a commission and remain on active duty for at least four years; and (3) special pay for officers serving as clinical psychologists for at least one year.

Provides: (1) an accession bonus of up to $30,000 for social workers in critically short wartime specialties agreeing to serve as officers on active duty for at least three years; and (2) special pay for officers serving as social workers for at least one year.

Provides special pay for officers serving as mental health nurses for at least one year.

Includes psychiatrists, social workers, and mental health nurses under Department of Defense (DOD) authority to provide retention incentives for members of the Armed Forces qualified in critical military skills or assigned to high priority units.

Includes psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, social workers, mental health nurses, and other behavioral health professionals as eligible health professions under the DOD health professions scholarship and financial assistance program.

Authorizes the Secretary of each military department to use the authorities in this Act to facilitate the recruitment and retention in the reserve components of psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, social workers, and mental health nurses.

]]> Armed Forces Mental Health Professionals Recruitment and Retention Enhancement Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Armed Forces Mental Health Professionals Recruitment and Retention Enhancement Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to expand certain bonus and special pay authorities for members of the Armed Forces in order to enhance the recruitment and retention of psychologists, social workers, mental health nurses, and other mental health professionals in the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. Display Title Armed Forces Mental Health Professionals Recruitment and Retention Enhancement Act of 2008 Introduced in Senate 2008-03-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2778is/xml/BILLS-110s2778is.xml 2008-03-13 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.