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    <item congress="118" measure-type="s" measure-number="1621" measure-id="id118s1621" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2023-05-16" update-date="2024-05-30">
        <title>Military Mental Health Professionals Support Act of 2023</title>
        <summary summary-id="id118s1621v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2024-05-30">
            <action-date>2023-05-16</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Military Mental Health Professionals Support Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill exempts&nbsp;licensed behavioral health providers from the computation and determination of authorized strengths (i.e., the largest number of members authorized to be in an armed force, a component, a branch, a grade, or any other category of the armed forces) for commissioned officers on active duty in certain grades. The bill adds licensed behavioral health providers to an existing exemption for medical officers. &nbsp;</p>]]></summary-text>
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