[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5803]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6276. Mr. MORAN 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 A of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 706. IMPROVEMENT OF TRANSITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH 
                   SCREENINGS AND CARE FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
                   FORCES.

       (a) Screenings.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure 
     that, for each member of the Armed Forces, including a member 
     of a reserve component thereof, not later than 180 days 
     before separation of such member from active duty, a mental 
     health screening is provided to such member as part of a 
     whole health screening.
       (2) Conduct of screening.--The screening required under 
     paragraph (1) shall be conducted by a primary care physician.
       (3) Elements of screening.--The screening required under 
     paragraph (1) shall include screening for, at a minimum, the 
     following:
       (A) Depression.
       (B) Anxiety.
       (C) Traumatic brain injury.
       (D) Post-traumatic stress disorder.
       (E) Substance abuse.
       (4) Treatment of annual assessment.--The provision of an 
     annual mental health assessment under section 1074n of title 
     10, United States Code, is not sufficient to fulfill the 
     requirement for a mental health screening under paragraph 
     (1).
       (b) Transition of Care.--The Secretary shall implement the 
     requirements of Department of Defense Instruction 6490.10, 
     entitled ``Continuity of Behavioral Health Care for 
     Transferring and Transitioning Service Members'' and issued 
     on March 26, 2012, to ensure the receipt of uninterrupted 
     mental health care for members of the Armed Forces, including 
     members of the reserve components thereof, separating from 
     active duty.
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