Title: REVAMP Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Refer and Equip Veterans and Military Personnel Act or the REVAMP Act
This bill revises the Transition Assistance Program, which prepares service members for civilian life.
The bill extends to certain reservists specified program requirements that currently apply to service members separating from active duty. Specifically, the bill requires certain members of a reserve component who have previously served on active duty to be provided with both a physical examination and a mental health assessment prior to separation. Under current law, only a physical examination must be offered to such reservists, and the examination is optional.
The bill also specifies the time period during which the pre-separation physical examination and mental health assessment must occur. Specifically, a service member must undergo a physical examination and mental health assessment during the 90-day period before the service member's separation from the Armed Forces.
In addition, the bill requires pre-separation counseling to include a plan for a service member's achievement of health care objectives.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4993 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4993

To amend title 10, United States Code, to require members of the Armed 
 Forces to receive physical examinations and mental health assessments 
 during the 90-day period before separation from the Armed Forces, to 
 include health care planning in the Transition Assistance Program for 
  members of the Armed Forces, to require the Secretary of Defense to 
issue an annual report to Congress regarding health care for separating 
          members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 8, 2019

 Ms. Gabbard introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require members of the Armed 
 Forces to receive physical examinations and mental health assessments 
 during the 90-day period before separation from the Armed Forces, to 
 include health care planning in the Transition Assistance Program for 
  members of the Armed Forces, to require the Secretary of Defense to 
issue an annual report to Congress regarding health care for separating 
          members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Refer and Equip Veterans And 
Military Personnel Act'' or ``REVAMP Act''.

SEC. 2. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT REQUIRED 
              DURING THE 90-DAY PERIOD BEFORE SEPARATION FROM THE ARMED 
              FORCES.

    Section 1145 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(5)(A), by striking ``immediately'' 
        and inserting ``not more than 90 days''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by inserting ``and a mental health 
                        assessment'' after ``physical examination'' 
                        each place it appears;
                            (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
                        ``and'' after the semicolon;
                            (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``; 
                        and'' and inserting a period; and
                            (iv) by striking subparagraph (C);
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``and mental 
                health assessment'' after ``physical examination'' both 
                places it appears; and
                    (C) in paragraphs (3) and (4), by inserting ``or 
                mental health assessment'' after ``physical 
                examination'' both places it appears.

SEC. 3. HEALTH CARE PLANNING IN THE TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Section 1142(b)(10) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``health care,'' after ``educational,''.

SEC. 4. ANNUAL REPORT REGARDING MEMBERS SEPARATING FROM THE ARMED 
              FORCES.

    Section 1073b of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection (c):
    ``(c) Annual Report on Members Separating From the Armed Forces.--
(1) Not later than July 1 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall 
issue a report to Congress on data compiled from physical examinations 
and mental health assessments of members of the armed forces conducted 
under section 1145(a)(5) of this title. The report shall cover the 
calendar year preceding the year in which the report is submitted.
    ``(2) The report under paragraph (1) shall, with respect to members 
described in section 1145(a)(5) of this title, include the following 
information:
            ``(A) A breakdown of members by age, rank, length of 
        service, duties, deployment, contingencies, sex, race, and 
        military department.
            ``(B) What percentage of members received physical 
        examinations and mental health assessments in such calendar 
        year.
            ``(C) The most common physical and mental health conditions 
        identified by such physical examinations and mental health 
        assessments.
            ``(D) The risk factors and co-morbidities associated with 
        the conditions described in subparagraph (C).
            ``(E) Plans of the Secretary to address the conditions 
        described in subparagraph (C).
            ``(F) What percentage of members received preseparation 
        counseling under section 1142 of this title.
            ``(G) Challenges (including wait times and administrative 
        burdens) to providing services to members under the Transition 
        Assistance Program under sections 1142 and 1144 of this title.
    ``(3) The Secretary shall cooperate with the Secretaries of 
Veterans Affairs and Labor to improve implementation of the Transition 
Assistance Program under sections 1142 and 1144 of this title.
    ``(4) The Secretary shall publish each report under paragraph (1) 
on a publicly available website of the Department of Defense.''.
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