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S 2217 113th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Medical tests and diagnostic methods Mental health Military personnel and dependents Neurological disorders Personnel records

Military Mental Health Review Board Improvement Act

Introduced: April 7, 2014 See on congress.gov
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Apr 7, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Apr 7, 2014
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Military Mental Health Review Board Improvement Act - Requires any medical advisory opinion issued to a civilian board for the correction of a military record, with respect to a current or former member of the Armed Forces diagnosed while serving in the Armed Forces as experiencing a mental health disorder, to include the opinion of a clinical psychologist or psychiatrist if the request for the correction of the records concerned relates to a mental health disorder.

Requires any physician on a board for review of a discharge or dismissal of certain former members of the Armed Forces, who after deployment were diagnosed as experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or traumatic brain injury, or as having a mental health disorder, to have training on mental health issues connected with PTSD or traumatic brain injury (as applicable), or special training on mental health disorders.

What's happening now April 7, 2014

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2