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S 1439 115th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Gambling Medical research Medical tests and diagnostic methods Mental health Military medicine Military personnel and dependents

Preventing and Treating Gambling Disorder in the Military Act of 2017

Introduced: June 26, 2017 Introduced by: Warren, Elizabeth Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Jun 26, 2017
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Preventing and Treating Gambling Disorder in the Military Act of 2017

This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to incorporate medical screening questions specific to gambling disorder into the Annual Periodic Health Assessment conducted by DOD for members of the Armed Forces.

DOD shall incorporate into ongoing research efforts questions on gambling disorder, including by restoring such questions into the Health Related Behaviors Survey of Active Duty Military Personnel.

What's happening now June 26, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1439: Preventing and Treating Gambling Disorder in the Military Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1439/
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"S. 1439: Preventing and Treating Gambling Disorder in the Military Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1439/.
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