[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3678 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3678

To improve mental health services for members of the National Guard and 
 Reserve deployed in connection with a contingency operation, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 29, 2010

Mr. Lautenberg introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To improve mental health services for members of the National Guard and 
 Reserve deployed in connection with a contingency operation, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 Bean National Guard 
and Reserves Mental Health Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE 
              ARMED FORCES DEPLOYED IN CONNECTION WITH A CONTINGENCY 
              OPERATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 708(a) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 
2376; 10 U.S.C. 1074f note) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Recall of reserves to active duty for post-deployment 
        assessments.--Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of 
        Defense, the Secretary of the military department concerned may 
        call or order a member of a reserve component of the Armed 
        Forces to active duty for purposes of performing a mental 
        health assessment of the member under subparagraph (B) or (C) 
        of paragraph (1).''.
    (b) Clarifying Amendment.--Paragraph (1) of such section is amended 
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by inserting ``, including a 
member of the reserve components,'' after ``each member of the Armed 
Forces''.

SEC. 3. SUICIDE PREVENTION FOR CERTAIN RESERVES DEPLOYED IN CONTINGENCY 
              OPERATIONS SINCE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 1074l the following new section:
``Sec. 1074m. Suicide prevention for certain reserves deployed in 
              contingency operations since September 11, 2001
    ``(a) Suicide Prevention.--
            ``(1) Telephone call.--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 the covered member remains a member 
        of the Individual Ready Reserve, an individual mobilization 
        augmentee, or a member of the inactive National Guard, as the 
        case may be.
            ``(2) Exclusion of certain covered members.--A telephone 
        call is not required for a covered member under this subsection 
        if the Secretary determines that the member was not subjected 
        or exposed to operational risk factors during deployment in the 
        contingency operation concerned.
    ``(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 health care provider.
    ``(2) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the 
Secretary of the military department concerned may call or order a 
covered member to active duty, with the consent of the member, for 
evaluation and treatment under this subsection.
    ``(3) If a member is referred under this subsection, the Secretary 
of Defense shall confirm that the member has received the evaluation 
described in paragraph (1) and any necessary treatment.
    ``(d) Reports.--Not later than January 31 each year, beginning in 
2011, the Secretary of Defense 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 the following:
            ``(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 on or after 
        September 11, 2001.
            ``(2) A member of a reserve component who is an individual 
        mobilization augmentee who has deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq 
        in support of a contingency operation on or after September 11, 
        2001.
            ``(3) A member of the inactive National Guard who has 
        deployed in support of a contingency operation on or after 
        September 11, 2001.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 55 of such title is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 1074l the following new item:

``1074m. Suicide prevention for certain reserves deployed in 
                            contingency operations since September 11, 
                            2001.''.
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