[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1236 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1236

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the inclusion of a 
 behavioral health professional on any physical evaluation board that 
  considers issues of post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain 
               injury, or other mental health condition.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 2013

  Mr. Jones 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 inclusion of a 
 behavioral health professional on any physical evaluation board that 
  considers issues of post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain 
               injury, or other mental health condition.

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

SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ON PHYSICAL 
              EVALUATION BOARDS.

    Section 1222 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Inclusion of Behavioral Health Professional.--(1) If a 
physical evaluation board will consider issues related to post-
traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, or other mental 
health condition, the physical evaluation board must include a 
behavioral health professional as a member of the board. The behavioral 
health professional shall serve in lieu of the medical member of the 
physical evaluation board unless, as a result of the health-related 
issues before the board, the board would benefit from the presence of 
both a behavioral health professional and medical member.
    ``(2) In this subsection, the term `behavioral health professional' 
means a clinical psychologist, psychiatrist, licensed clinical social 
worker, or psychiatric advanced practice registered nurse.''.
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