I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 948 
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 8, 2011 
Mr. LOEBSACK (for himself and Mr. LATHAM) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the provi-
sion 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Embedded Mental 
Health Providers for Reserves Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS FOR 
MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES PERFORMING INAC-
TIVE-DUTY TRAINING. 
Section 1074a of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub-
section (i); 
(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-
lowing new subsection (h): 
‘‘(h)(1) The Secretary concerned shall provide to any 
member of the reserve components performing inactive- 
duty training during scheduled unit training assemblies 
access to mental health assessments with a licensed men-
tal health professional who shall be available for referrals 
during duty hours on the premises of the principal duty 
location of the member’s unit. 
‘‘(2) All mental health services provided under this 
subsection shall be subject to and comply with all applica-
ble privacy rules and security rules published by the De-
partment of Health and Human Services as required by 
the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 
of 1996. 
‘‘(3) Mental health services provided to a member 
under this subsection shall be at no cost to the member.’’; 
and 
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(3) in subsection (i), as redesignated by para-
graph (1), by striking ‘‘medical and dental readi-
ness’’ and inserting ‘‘medical, dental, and behavioral 
health readiness’’. 
SEC. 3. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR MEMBERS OF 
THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each member of a reserve compo-
nent of the Armed Forces participating in annual training 
or individual duty training shall, while so participating, 
have access to the behavioral health support programs for 
members of the reserve components described in sub-
section (b). 
(b) BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORT PROGRAMS.— 
The behavioral health support programs for member of 
the reserve components described in this subsection shall 
include one or any combination of the following: 
(1) Programs providing access to licensed men-
tal health providers in armories, reserve centers, or 
other places for scheduled unit training assemblies. 
(2) Programs providing training on suicide pre-
vention and post-suicide response. 
(3) Psychological health programs. 
(4) Such other programs as the Secretary of 
Defense, in consultation with the Surgeon General 
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for the National Guard of the State in which the 
members concerned reside, the Director of Psycho-
logical Health of the State in which the members 
concerned reside, the Department of Mental Health 
or the equivalent agency of the State in which the 
members concerned reside, or the Director of the 
Psychological Health Program of the National 
Guard Bureau, considers appropriate. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 
FUNDS.—Subject to applicable provisions of appropria-
tions Acts, amounts available for the Department of De-
fense for Defense Health Program shall be available for 
behavioral health support programs for members of the 
reserve components under this section. 
(d) BUDGET.—The Office of the Secretary of Defense 
for Health Affairs shall coordinate with the reserve compo-
nents, including the National Guard Bureau, in deter-
mining the amounts required on a fiscal-year basis for be-
havioral support programs for members of the reserve 
components under this section. 
(e) EXECUTIVE AGENT.—The Joint Staff of the Na-
tional Guard Bureau shall be the executive agent for the 
implementation of behavioral health support programs for 
members of the reserve components under this section. 
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