To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the inclusion of a behavioral health professional on any physical evaluation board that considers issues of post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, or other mental health condition.

Bill: 113-hr-1236
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2013-03-18
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health personnel

Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Mental health

Military medicine

Neurological disorders
Latest action: action_date: 2013-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Requires any physical evaluation board within the Department of Defense (DOD) that will consider issues related to post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, or other mental health condition of a member or former member of the Armed Forces to include a behavioral health professional (BHP) as a board member.</p> <p>Requires the BHP to serve in lieu of the medical member of such board unless, as a result of the health-related issues before the board, the board would benefit from the presence of both the BHP and the medical member.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1236 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 18, 2013 Mr. Jones 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 inclusion of a behavioral health professional on any physical evaluation board that considers issues of post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, or other mental health condition.

1. Inclusion of behavioral health professionals on physical evaluation boards Section 1222 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (d) Inclusion of behavioral health professional (1) If a physical evaluation board will consider issues related to post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, or other mental health condition, the physical evaluation board must include a behavioral health professional as a member of the board. The behavioral health professional shall serve in lieu of the medical member of the physical evaluation board unless, as a result of the health-related issues before the board, the board would benefit from the presence of both a behavioral health professional and medical member. (2) In this subsection, the term behavioral health professional means a clinical psychologist, psychiatrist, licensed clinical social worker, or psychiatric advanced practice registered nurse. .