US Congress Senate Bill 2217 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on April 7 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-04-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Pending: Senate Armed Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Military Mental Health Review Board Improvement Act

Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]

Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]

Sen. John Walsh [D-MT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-04-07	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

SB2410 (Related) 2014-06-02 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 402.
HB4435 (Related) 2014-06-05 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 425.
HB3979 (Related) 2014-12-19 - Became Public Law No: 113-291.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2217/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s2217/BILLS-113s2217is.pdf