[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 26, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4328]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 372. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2018 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 A of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. ___. COUNSELING AND TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE USE 
                   DISORDERS AND CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT FOR 
                   MEMBERS WHO SEPARATE FROM THE ARMED FORCES.

       Section 1145(a)(6)(B)(i) of title 10, United States Code, 
     is amended--
       (1) in subclause (I)--
       (A) by inserting ``, substance use disorder,'' after 
     ``post-traumatic stress disorder''; and
       (B) by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) by redesignating subclause (II) as subclause (III); and
       (3) by inserting after subclause (I) the following new 
     subclause (II):
       ``(II) chronic pain management services, including 
     counseling and treatment of co-occurring mental health 
     disorders and alternatives to opioid analgesics; and''.
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