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S 2072 118th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security

Supporting Mental Health for Military Children Act

Introduced: June 21, 2023 Introduced by: Padilla, Alex Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Jun 21, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2188)
Jun 21, 2023
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Supporting Mental Health for Military Children Act

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish and implement a four-year pilot program to provide routine mental health checkups for students in 10 selected elementary or secondary schools that are operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA). Such schools must be DODEA schools within or outside the United States that DOD determines have adequate mental health infrastructure in place to provide mental health checkups under the program.

What's happening now June 21, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2188)

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2072: Supporting Mental Health for Military Children Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2072/
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"S. 2072: Supporting Mental Health for Military Children Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2072/.
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S. 2072, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2072/.
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[S. 2072: Supporting Mental Health for Military Children Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2072/)
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