Sgt. Jonathan Schulze Military Health Services Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2189
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2007-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Armed forces reserves
Clinics
Communication in medicine
Community health services
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Disabled
Families
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Health
Health education
Health information systems
Iraq compilation
Language and languages
Medical tests
Mental health
Mental health services
Military and naval offenses
Military discharges
Military medicine
Military operations
National Guard
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Psychiatrists
Psychologists
Science, Technology, Communications
Stress (Psychology)
Veterans' medical care
War casualties
Women
Women soldiers
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: 
Sgt. Jonathan Schulze Military Health Services Improvement Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe a requirement that members of the Armed Forces: (1) deploying to a combat theater receive a pre-deployment mental health evaluation conducted by a qualified mental health professional; and (2) returning from service of more than 30 days in a combat theater, or injured in a combat theater, receive a post-deployment combat stress evaluation conducted by a qualified mental health professional.
 
Directs the Secretary to implement a program designed to: (1) raise awareness about mental health issues that members may encounter during and after deployment; and (2) reduce the stigma associated with mental health care.
 
Directs the Secretary to develop a program to improve awareness of the availability of mental health services for, and warning signs about mental health problems in, dependents of members who served or will serve in a combat theater during the previous or next 60 days. Requires such program to include a toll-free number and informational website.
 
Directs the Secretary: (1) and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a memorandum of understanding to improve the transition of mental health-related cases from the Department of Defense (DOD) to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); (2) of Veterans Affairs to implement a pilot program to treat female victims of combat stress; (3) to create an information clearinghouse to improve the availability of information about mental health professionals who treat combat stress; and (4) to provide for the availability (for afour-year period) of mental health services under the TRICARE program (a DOD managed health care program) for reserve personnel who performed certain active duty (and their family members).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-05-07
text: Introduced in House