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HR 1358 109th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Accreditation (Medical care) Clinical trials Defense contracts Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government service contracts Health Health counseling Law Licenses Mental health services Military medicine

TRICARE Mental Health Services Enhancement Act

Introduced: September 6, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Mar 17, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Mar 17, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

TRICARE Mental Health Services Enhancement Act - Amends the TRICARE program (a Department of Defense (DOD) managed health care program) to authorize the provision of mental health counseling for TRICARE participants. Authorizes the provision of mental health services in DOD clinical trials.

Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 to authorize the Secretary of Defense to enter into personal service contracts with mental health counselors.

Includes mental health counselors within DOD licensure requirements for health-care professionals.

What's happening now March 17, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 3 Republican 2 Independent 1
D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · May 3, 2006
 R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · May 3, 2006
DIAZ-BALART, LINCOLN
· Sep 6, 2005
KENNEDY, PATRICK
· Sep 6, 2005
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · May 26, 2005
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Apr 20, 2005
GORDON, BART
· Apr 13, 2005
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 13, 2005
SPRATT, JOHN
· Apr 13, 2005
TAYLOR, GENE
· Apr 13, 2005
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Apr 5, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1358: TRICARE Mental Health Services Enhancement Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1358/
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"H.R. 1358: TRICARE Mental Health Services Enhancement Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1358/.
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H.R. 1358, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1358/.
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