(c) TOLL-FREE NUMBER.—In carrying out this sec-
tion, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a toll-free 
informational telephone number and website devoted to 
helping members of the Armed Forces and their depend-
ents recognize, and locate treatment providers for, post- 
traumatic stress disorder and other forms of combat 
stress. 
(d) COORDINATION.—The Secretary may permit the 
Department of Defense to coordinate the program devel-
oped under subsection (a) with an accredited college, uni-
versity, hospital-based, or community-based mental health 
center or engage mental health professionals to develop 
programs to help implement this section. 
(e) AVAILABILITY IN OTHER LANGUAGES.—The Sec-
retary shall ensure that the program developed under sub-
section (a) is made available in foreign languages if nec-
essary to aid comprehension among persons to be helped 
by the program. 
SEC. 5. IMPROVED COORDINATION BETWEEN THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE AND THE DEPARTMENT 
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall enter into a memorandum of understanding 
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to improve the transition of mental health-related cases 
from the Department of Defense to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs. 
(b) MATTERS COVERED.—The memorandum of un-
derstanding under subsection (a) shall specifically include 
requirements— 
(1) that the Department of Defense report to 
the Department of Veterans Affairs any case or sus-
pected case of post-traumatic stress disorder, or 
other disorders or symptoms that result from deploy-
ment to a combat theater, in a member of the 
Armed Forces upon the member’s discharge from 
the Armed Forces; 
(2) that the Department of Defense report to 
the Department of Veterans Affairs any disciplinary 
measures taken against a member of the Armed 
Forces during or after service in a combat theater 
upon the member’s discharge from the Armed 
Forces; and 
(3) that the Department of Defense and the 
Department of Veterans Affairs ensure that a mem-
ber of the Armed Forces who is discharged for rea-
sons relating to mental health is automatically en-
rolled by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the pa-
tient enrollment system under section 1705 of title 
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38, United States Code, and classified in the same 
manner as a veteran with a service-connected dis-
ability rated 50 percent or greater for purposes of 
determining such discharged member’s priority cat-
egory under such system. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to Congress a report on the implementation 
of this section. 
SEC. 6. PILOT PROGRAM RELATING TO COMBAT STRESS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
implement a pilot program specifically designed to treat 
female victims of combat stress, including post-traumatic 
stress disorder. 
SEC. 7. CLEARINGHOUSE FOR INFORMATION RELATING TO 
COMBAT 
STRESS 
TREATMENT 
PROFES-
SIONALS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall create 
an information clearinghouse to improve the availability 
of information about mental health professionals who treat 
combat stress. 
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SEC. 8. AVAILABILITY OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 
UNDER TRICARE FOR CERTAIN RESERVE 
MEMBERS AFTER DEACTIVATION. 
(a) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
prescribe regulations to provide for the availability of men-
tal health services under the TRICARE program under 
chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, for an eligible 
member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces and 
the family members of the member, during the 48-month 
period following the date of termination of the member’s 
service in the reserve component. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—For purposes of this section, a 
member of a reserve component is eligible if— 
(1) the member was called or ordered to active 
duty for a period of more than 30 days under a pro-
vision of law referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B) of 
title 10, United States Code; and 
(2) the member served continuously on active 
duty for 90 or more days in a combat zone pursuant 
to such call or order or was injured at any time in 
a combat zone during such active duty. 
SEC. 9. DEFINITION. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘qualified mental health profes-
sional’’ means— 
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(1) an accredited psychologist, psychiatrist, 
child psychiatrist, psychiatric nurse, or clinical social 
worker; or 
(2) a student seeking a post-graduate degree in 
one of the following mental health-related fields: psy-
chiatry, psychology, psychiatric nursing, or clinical 
social work. 
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