[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1621 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1621

 To provide for an exemption from authorized strength limitations for 
                 licensed behavioral health providers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 16, 2023

 Mr. Ossoff (for himself and Mr. Braun) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for an exemption from authorized strength limitations for 
                 licensed behavioral health providers.

    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 ``Military Mental Health Professionals 
Support Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF LICENSED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDERS FROM 
              AUTHORIZED STRENGTH LIMITATIONS.

    Section 523(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``, including licensed behavioral health providers'' after 
``Medical officers''.
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