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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 325 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the provision of behavioral 

health services to members of the reserve components of the Armed 

Forces necessary to meet pre-deployment and post-deployment readiness 

and fitness standards, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 10, 2011 

Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Mrs. MCCASKILL) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the provision of behavioral health services to members of the 

reserve components of the Armed Forces necessary to 

meet pre-deployment and post-deployment readiness and 

fitness standards, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Embedded Mental 

5 Health Providers for Reserves Act of 2011’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS FOR 

2 MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS 

3 OF THE ARMED FORCES PERFORMING INAC4 TIVE-DUTY TRAINING. 

5 Section 1074a of title 10, United States Code, is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub8 section (i); 

9 (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol10 lowing new subsection (h): 

11 ‘‘(h)(1) The Secretary concerned shall provide to any 

12 member of the reserve components performing inactive13 duty training during scheduled unit training assemblies 

14 access to mental health assessments with a licensed men15 tal health professional who shall be available for referrals 

16 during duty hours on the premises of the principal duty 

17 location of the member’s unit. 

18 ‘‘(2) All mental health services provided under this 

19 subsection shall be subject to and comply with all applica20 ble privacy rules and security rules published by the De21 partment of Health and Human Services as required by 

22 the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 

23 of 1996. 

24 ‘‘(3) Mental health services provided to a member 

25 under this subsection shall be at no cost to the member.’’; 

26 and 


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1 (3) in subsection (i), as redesignated by para2 graph (1), by striking ‘‘medical and dental readi3 ness’’ and inserting ‘‘medical, dental, and behavioral 

4 health readiness’’. 

5 SEC. 3. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR MEMBERS OF 

6 THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED 

7 FORCES. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Each member of a reserve compo9 nent of the Armed Forces participating in annual training 

10 or individual duty training shall, while so participating, 

11 have access to the behavioral health support programs for 

12 members of the reserve components described in sub13 section (b). 

14 (b) BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORT PROGRAMS.— 

15 The behavioral health support programs for member of 

16 the reserve components described in this subsection shall 

17 include one or any combination of the following: 

18 (1) Programs providing access to licensed men19 tal health providers in armories, reserve centers, or 

20 other places for scheduled unit training assemblies. 

21 (2) Programs providing training on suicide pre22 vention and post-suicide response. 

23 (3) Psychological health programs. 

24 (4) Such other programs as the Secretary of 

25 Defense, in consultation with the Surgeon General 


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1 for the National Guard of the State in which the 

2 members concerned reside, the Director of Psycho3 logical Health of the State in which the members 

4 concerned reside, the Department of Mental Health 

5 or the equivalent agency of the State in which the 

6 members concerned reside, or the Director of the 

7 Psychological Health Program of the National 

8 Guard Bureau, considers appropriate. 

9 (c) AVAILABILITY OF DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

10 FUNDS.—Subject to applicable provisions of appropria11 tions Acts, amounts available for the Department of De12 fense for Defense Health Program shall be available for 

13 behavioral health support programs for members of the 

14 reserve components under this section. 

15 (d) BUDGET.—The Office of the Secretary of Defense 

16 for Health Affairs shall coordinate with the reserve compo17 nents, including the National Guard Bureau, in deter18 mining the amounts required on a fiscal-year basis for be19 havioral support programs for members of the reserve 

20 components under this section. 

21 (e) EXECUTIVE AGENT.—The Joint Staff of the Na22 tional Guard Bureau shall be the executive agent for the 

23 implementation of behavioral health support programs for 

24 members of the reserve components under this section. 

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