[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 92 (Wednesday, June 10, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S4056]
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  SA 1988. Mr. BLUNT (for himself and Mr. Brown) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to 
the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 738. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ANNUAL MENTAL HEALTH 
                   SCREENINGS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that the Department of 
     Defense and the Defense Health Agency are currently 
     developing a standardized periodic health assessment tool 
     that incorporates a screening for depression, post-traumatic 
     stress, substance use, and risk for suicide through a person-
     to-person dialogue using the same question set used for 
     mental health assessments provided to members of the Armed 
     Forces undergoing deployment.
       (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
     to Congress a report on the implementation of mental health 
     assessments provided to members of the Armed Forces under 
     section 1074n of title 10, United States Code, that includes 
     a description of--
       (1) the reliability of such assessments;
       (2) any significant changes in mental health concerns among 
     members of the Armed Forces as a result of such assessments;
       (3) any areas in which the provision of such assessments to 
     members of the Armed Forces needs to improve; and
       (4) such additional information as the Secretary considers 
     necessary relating to mental health screening and treatment 
     of members of the Armed Forces.
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