Military Mental Health Stigma Reduction Act

Bill: 116-hr-7678
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brindisi, Anthony [D-NY-22]
Introduced: 2020-07-20
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Health promotion and preventive care

Mental health

Military medicine
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Military Mental Health Stigma Reduction Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Defense, as part of required reports concerning suicide among members of the Armed Forces, to include a description of military programs that address and reduce the stigma associated with seeking assistance for mental health or suicidal thoughts.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7678 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 20, 2020 Mr. Brindisi (for himself and Mr. Katko ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 to direct the Secretary of Defense to include a description of programs to address and reduce the stigma associated with seeking assistance for mental health or suicidal thoughts in a report.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Mental Health Stigma Reduction Act . 2. Reports on suicide prevention programs and activities of the Department of Defense Section 741(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 ( Public Law 116–92 ; 133 Stat. 1467) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (J) A description of the programs carried out by the military departments to address and reduce the stigma associated with seeking assistance for mental health or suicidal thoughts. .