[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5733]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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