3.0.0 3678 2023-01-11T13:21:42Z 2023-01-11T13:21:42Z Senate S S 2010-07-29 111 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-07-29T23:20:55Z Sergeant Coleman S. Bean Individual Ready Reserve Suicide Prevention Act of 2010 111 5170 HR 2010-05-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Related bill CRS 2010-07-29 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2010-07-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. N M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2010-11-17 False Armed Forces and National Security Medical tests and diagnostic methods Mental health Military medicine Military operations and strategy National Guard and reserves Armed Forces and National Security 00 2010-07-29 Introduced in Senate 2010-10-18T17:38:57Z Sergeant Coleman Bean National Guard and Reserves Mental Health Act - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 to authorize the Secretary of the military department concerned (Secretary concerned) to call or order to active duty a member of the National Guard or reserves previously deployed in connection with a contingency operation, in order to perform a post-deployment mental health assessment of such member.

Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to ensure that each of the following individuals receive, at least once every 90 days, a telephone call from properly-trained DOD personnel to determine their emotional, psychological, medical, and career needs and concerns: (1) members of the Individual Ready Reserve who deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq on or after September 11, 2001, in support of a contingency operation; or (2) an individual mobilization augmentee or member of the inactive National Guard who has so deployed. Excludes from such requirement members not subjected or exposed to operational risk factors during such deployment.

Requires the person making the call to refer a member identified as being at-risk of self-caused harm to the nearest military medical treatment facility or accredited TRICARE (a DOD managed health care program) provider for immediate evaluation and necessary treatment. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to call such a member to active duty, with their consent, for such evaluation and treatment.

Requires annual reports from the Secretary to Congress on the number of members so referred, as well as their health and career status.

]]> Sergeant Coleman Bean National Guard and Reserves Mental Health Act Display Title Sergeant Coleman Bean National Guard and Reserves Mental Health Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve mental health services for members of the National Guard and Reserve deployed in connection with a contingency operation, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Sergeant Coleman Bean National Guard and Reserves Mental Health Act Introduced in Senate 2010-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3678is/xml/BILLS-111s3678is.xml 2010-07-29 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.