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S. 2217 113th Congress Senate

Military Mental Health Review Board Improvement Act

Official title: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the participation of mental health professionals in boards for the correction of military records and … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the participation of mental health professionals in boards for the correction of military records and boards for the review of the discharge or dismissal of members of the Armed Forces.

Introduced: April 7, 2014 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Medical tests and diagnostic methodsMental healthMilitary personnel and dependentsNeurological disordersPersonnel records
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Apr 7, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Apr 7, 2014
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action April 7, 2014

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 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.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 4435 Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015
  • S 2410 Carl Levin National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Apr 7, 2014
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Apr 7, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2217: Military Mental Health Review Board Improvement Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2217/
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"S. 2217: Military Mental Health Review Board Improvement Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2217/.
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S. 2217, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2217/.
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