[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 948 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 948

  To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the provision of 
behavioral health services to members of the reserve components of the 
   Armed Forces necessary to meet pre-deployment and post-deployment 
        readiness and fitness standards, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 2011

  Mr. Loebsack (for himself and Mr. Latham) 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 require the provision of 
behavioral health services to members of the reserve components of the 
   Armed Forces necessary to meet pre-deployment and post-deployment 
        readiness and fitness standards, 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 ``Embedded Mental Health Providers for 
Reserves Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE 
              COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES PERFORMING INACTIVE-DUTY 
              TRAINING.

    Section 1074a of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i);
            (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new 
        subsection (h):
    ``(h)(1) The Secretary concerned shall provide to any member of the 
reserve components performing inactive-duty training during scheduled 
unit training assemblies access to mental health assessments with a 
licensed mental health professional who shall be available for 
referrals during duty hours on the premises of the principal duty 
location of the member's unit.
    ``(2) All mental health services provided under this subsection 
shall be subject to and comply with all applicable privacy rules and 
security rules published by the Department of Health and Human Services 
as required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 
of 1996.
    ``(3) Mental health services provided to a member under this 
subsection shall be at no cost to the member.''; and
            (3) in subsection (i), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by 
        striking ``medical and dental readiness'' and inserting 
        ``medical, dental, and behavioral health readiness''.

SEC. 3. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS 
              OF THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) In General.--Each member of a reserve component of the Armed 
Forces participating in annual training or individual duty training 
shall, while so participating, have access to the behavioral health 
support programs for members of the reserve components described in 
subsection (b).
    (b) Behavioral Health Support Programs.--The behavioral health 
support programs for member of the reserve components described in this 
subsection shall include one or any combination of the following:
            (1) Programs providing access to licensed mental health 
        providers in armories, reserve centers, or other places for 
        scheduled unit training assemblies.
            (2) Programs providing training on suicide prevention and 
        post-suicide response.
            (3) Psychological health programs.
            (4) Such other programs as the Secretary of Defense, in 
        consultation with the Surgeon General for the National Guard of 
        the State in which the members concerned reside, the Director 
        of Psychological Health of the State in which the members 
        concerned reside, the Department of Mental Health or the 
        equivalent agency of the State in which the members concerned 
        reside, or the Director of the Psychological Health Program of 
        the National Guard Bureau, considers appropriate.
    (c) Availability of Defense Health Program Funds.--Subject to 
applicable provisions of appropriations Acts, amounts available for the 
Department of Defense for Defense Health Program shall be available for 
behavioral health support programs for members of the reserve 
components under this section.
    (d) Budget.--The Office of the Secretary of Defense for Health 
Affairs shall coordinate with the reserve components, including the 
National Guard Bureau, in determining the amounts required on a fiscal-
year basis for behavioral support programs for members of the reserve 
components under this section.
    (e) Executive Agent.--The Joint Staff of the National Guard Bureau 
shall be the executive agent for the implementation of behavioral 
health support programs for members of the reserve components under 
this section.
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