[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5170 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5170

   To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
 Defense to provide members of the Individual Ready Reserve who served 
   in Afghanistan or Iraq with information on counseling to prevent 
                                suicide.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 2010

     Mr. Holt (for himself, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. George Miller of 
 California, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Bartlett, and Mr. Himes) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of 
 Defense to provide members of the Individual Ready Reserve who served 
   in Afghanistan or Iraq with information on counseling to prevent 
                                suicide.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sergeant Coleman S. Bean Individual 
Ready Reserve Suicide Prevention Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. SUICIDE AMONG MEMBERS OF THE INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE AND 
              INDIVIDUAL MOBILIZATION AUGMENTEES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that a veteran who is a member of the 
Individual Ready Reserve (or who is an individual mobilization 
augmentee) and is not assigned to a unit that musters regularly and has 
an established support structure is less likely to be helped by 
existing suicide prevention programs carried out by the Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
    (b) In General.--
            (1) Suicide prevention.--Chapter 55 of title 10, United 
        States Code, is amended by adding after section 1074l the 
        following new section:
``Sec. 1074m. Suicide prevention for members of the Individual Ready 
              Reserve and individual mobilization augmentees
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each 
covered member receives a telephone call described in subsection (b) 
not less than once every 90 days during the period in which--
            ``(1) the covered member is a member of the Individual 
        Ready Reserve; or
            ``(2) the Secretary determines that the covered member is 
        an individual mobilization augmentee.
    ``(b) Counseling Call.--A telephone call described in this 
subsection is a call from properly trained personnel to determine the 
emotional, psychological, medical, and career needs and concerns of the 
covered member.
    ``(c) Referral.--(1) The personnel making a telephone call 
described in subsection (b) shall refer a covered member identified as 
being at-risk of self-caused harm to the nearest military medical 
treatment facility or accredited TRICARE provider for immediate 
evaluation and treatment by a qualified mental health care provider.
    ``(2) If a covered member is referred under paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall confirm that the member has received the evaluation and 
any necessary treatment.  
    ``(d) Reports.--Not later than January 31 of each year, beginning 
in 2011, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the number 
of covered members who have been referred for counseling or mental 
health treatment under this section, as well as the health and career 
status of such members.
    ``(e) Covered Member Defined.--In this section, the term `covered 
member' means--
            ``(1) a member of the Individual Ready Reserve described in 
        section 10144(b) of this title who has deployed to Afghanistan 
        or Iraq in support of a contingency operation; or
            ``(2) a member of a reserve component who the Secretary 
        determines is an individual mobilization augmentee who has 
        deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq in support of a contingency 
        operation.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
        item relating to section 1074l the following new item:

``1074m. Suicide prevention for members of the Individual Ready Reserve 
                            and individual mobilization augmentees.''.
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