[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 189 (Wednesday, October 27, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7421]
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SA 3916. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Rounds) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr.
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 B of title VII, add the following:
SEC. 728. MANDATORY TRAINING ON TREATMENT OF EATING
DISORDERS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall furnish to
each medical professional who provides direct care services
under the military health system a mandatory training,
consistent with generally accepted standards of care, on--
(1) how to screen for the severe mental illness of an
eating disorder;
(2) how to intervene with respect to such illness; and
(3) how to refer patients to treatment for such illness.
(b) Annual Updates to Training.--Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less
frequently than annually thereafter, the Secretary shall
evaluate the training furnished under subsection (a) to
determine if updates are warranted to ensure continued
consistency of training with generally accepted standards of
care.
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in conjunction with the
Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, shall submit to Congress a report on the
current practices of the Department of Defense regarding
training described in subsection (a).
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