[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5405-S5406]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 5949. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Rounds) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr.
Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the
bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel
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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. 753. REPORT ON TREATMENT OF EATING DISORDERS BY HEALTH
CARE PROVIDERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Health Affairs, in collaboration with the Surgeon General
for each military department, shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report on the treatment of
eating disorders by health care providers of the Department
of Defense.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include an assessment of the following:
(1) Education and training activities undertaken by health
care providers of the Department of Defense.
(2) The use of generally accepted standards of care and
screenings of members of the Armed Forces.
(3) Any barriers to implementing a standard, mandatory
training for providers seeing patients suffering from eating
disorders.
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