[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2756]
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SA 664. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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. 707. INCLUSION IN HEALTH ASSESSMENT FORMS OF DETAILS AND
QUESTIONS RELATING TO COMPREHENSIVE
CONTRACEPTIVE COUNSELING.
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Director of the Defense Health Agency shall--
(1) revise the periodic health assessment form of the
Department of Defense (Department of Defense Form 3024) to
improve access of members of the Armed Forces to
comprehensive contraceptive counseling, including by--
(A) explaining what contraceptive counseling entails; and
(B) asking a question on the reproductive goals of the
member;
(2) to improve rates of comprehensive contraceptive
counseling received by a member of the Armed Forces prior to
deployment, revise the pre-deployment health assessment form
(Department of Defense Form 2795) to include a robust and
informative question on whether the member would like
comprehensive contraceptive counseling; and
(3) submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives a report detailing
the revisions made under paragraphs (1) and (2).
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