3.0.0 2231 2023-01-11T13:26:34Z 2023-01-11T13:26:34Z Senate S S 2014-04-09 113 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-04-09T19:44:08Z MEPS Act 113 4305 HR 2014-07-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Related bill CRS 2014-04-09 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2014-04-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH N R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2014-04-09 True M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2014-04-30 False W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2014-05-06 False K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 2014-05-22 False H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2014-07-09 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2014-07-10 False T000461 Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] Patrick Toomey R PA J. 2014-09-08 False Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Health information and medical records Medical tests and diagnostic methods Mental health Military medicine Military personnel and dependents National Guard and reserves Neurological disorders Right of privacy Armed Forces and National Security 00 2014-04-09 Introduced in Senate 2014-05-22T21:47:20Z Medical Evaluation Parity for Servicemembers Act of 2014 or the MEPS Act - Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to: (1) provide an individual with a mental health assessment before such individual enlists, or is commissioned as an officer, in the Armed Forces; and (2) use assessment results as a baseline for any subsequent mental health examination. Prohibits such Secretary from considering the results of such assessment in determining the assignment or promotion of a member of the Armed Forces.

Requires the National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to submit to Congress and the Secretary of Defense (DOD) a report on preliminary mental health assessments of members, including recommendations regarding: (1) establishing such an assessment to bring mental health screenings to parity with physical screenings of members; and (2) the composition of the assessment, best practices, and how to track assessment changes relating to traumatic brain injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other conditions.

Requires the Secretary concerned to provide a comprehensive physical examination and a mental health screening to each member who, after a period of active duty of more than 180 days, is undergoing separation from the Armed Forces and is not otherwise provided such examination or screening in connection with such separation from either DOD or the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Directs the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress an assessment of DOD's capacity to provide each member who is undergoing separation an electronic copy of the member's service treatment record at the time of separation.

]]> MEPS Act Display Title MEPS Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide an individual with a mental health assessment before the individual enlists in the Armed Forces or is commissioned as an officer in the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced MEPS Act Short Titles as Introduced Medical Evaluation Parity for Servicemembers Act of 2014 Introduced in Senate 2014-04-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2231is/xml/BILLS-113s2231is.xml 2014-04-09 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.