[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5733]
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SA 6210. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. Cramer) 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 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. STUDY ON TRAINING GAPS OF COVERED PROVIDERS WITH
RESPECT TO SCREENING AND TREATMENT OF MATERNAL
MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS.
(a) Study.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through
the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, shall
conduct a study to identify gaps in the training of covered
providers with respect to the screening and treatment of
maternal mental health conditions.
(2) Elements.--The study required under paragraph (1) shall
include--
(A) an assessment of the level of experience of covered
providers with, and the attitudes of such providers on, the
screening, referral, and treatment of pregnant and postpartum
women with a mental health condition or substance use
disorder; and
(B) recommendations for the training of covered providers,
considering any gaps in the training of such providers that
are identified in the study.
(b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives a report containing the findings of
the study conducted under subsection (a).
(c) Covered Provider Defined.--In this section, the term
``covered provider'' means a maternal health care provider or
behavioral health provider furnishing services at a military
medical treatment facility.
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