[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2965 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2965

To require a report on the inclusion of severe and acute Post Traumatic 
   Stress Disorder among the conditions covered by traumatic injury 
    protection coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 1, 2008

  Mrs. Boxer (for herself and Mr. Lieberman) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To require a report on the inclusion of severe and acute Post Traumatic 
   Stress Disorder among the conditions covered by traumatic injury 
    protection coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPORT ON INCLUSION OF SEVERE AND ACUTE POST TRAUMATIC 
              STRESS DISORDER AMONG CONDITIONS COVERED BY TRAUMATIC 
              INJURY PROTECTION COVERAGE UNDER SERVICEMEMBERS' GROUP 
              LIFE INSURANCE.

    (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report setting forth the assessment of the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs as to the feasability and advisability of 
including severe and acute Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among 
the conditions covered by traumatic injury protection coverage under 
Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance under section 1980A of title 38, 
United States Code.
    (b) Considerations.--In preparing the assessment required by 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall consider the 
following:
            (1) The advisability of providing traumatic injury 
        protection coverage under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance 
        under section 1980A of title 38, United States Code, for Post 
        Traumatic Stress Disorder incurred by a member of the Armed 
        Forces as a direct result of military service in a combat zone 
        that renders the member unable to carry out the daily 
        activities of living after the member is discharged or released 
        from military service.
            (2) The unique circumstances of military service, and the 
        unique experiences of members of the Armed Forces who are 
        deployed to a combat zone.
            (3) The financial strain incurred by family members of 
        members of the Armed Forces who suffer severe and acute from 
        Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
            (4) The recovery time, and the difficulty of the recovery 
        process, for recovery from severe and acute Post Traumatic 
        Stress Disorder.
            (5) Such other matters as the Secretary considers 
        appropriate.
    (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
        Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; and
            (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
        Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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