3.0.0 456 2025-12-05T08:12:01Z 2025-12-05T08:12:01Z Senate S S 2023-02-15 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/456 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-02-15T22:11:22Z 118 2670 HR 2023-12-22 Became Public Law No: 118-31. Related bill CRS 118 3267 HR 2023-05-11 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Related bill CRS 2023-02-15 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2023-02-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001191 Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [I-AZ] Kyrsten Sinema I AZ N S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK 2023-02-15 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2023-04-26 False O000174 Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] Jon Ossoff D GA 2023-07-18 False Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 2023-03-10T13:45:20Z

00 2023-02-15 Introduced in Senate 2023-08-09T16:17:33Z <p><b>Comforting Our Military Families through On-base or Remote Treatment Act or the COMFORT Act</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes mental health professionals to provide nonmedical counseling services to military families regardless of where the provider or recipient is located, so long as the provision of services is (1) in the United States or a U.S. territory or possession, and (2) within the scope of the authorized duties of the provider. </p> <p>For purposes of the bill, mental health professionals include individuals who are licensed or certified mental health providers and are members of the uniformed services, civilian Department of Defense (DOD) employees, or DOD contractors.</p>

Display Title 45 2024-07-24T15:23:43Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 2024-05-24T13:42:22Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 2024-05-24T13:42:22Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 2023-03-09T04:29:12Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s456is/xml/BILLS-118s456is.xml 2023-02-15 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.