US Congress Senate Bill 2300 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 7 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-05-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Pending: Senate Armed Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Jacob Sexton Military Suicide Prevention Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD), at least once each year, to: (1) provide a person-to-person mental health assessment for each member of the Armed Forces on active duty and for each member of the Ready Reserve of an Armed Force for the purpose of identifying mental health conditions to determine which members are in need of additional care, treatment, or other services; and (2) submit to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees a report on such assessments, including on the number of members referred for care and services based on mental health conditions detected. Requires the Secretary to: (1) convene an interagency working group to review and recommend collaborative approaches to improving the provision of mental health services to members of the National Guard and the Reserves; (2) report the findings and recommendations of the working group to specified congressional committees; and (3) report to the Armed Services Committees on an evaluation of specific tools, processes, and best practices to improve the identification of, and treatment by the Armed Forces of, mental health conditions and traumatic brain injury among members of the Armed Forces.

Jacob Sexton Military Suicide Prevention Act of 2014

Sen. Joe Donnelly [D-IN]

Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-05-07	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2300/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s2300/BILLS-113s2300is.pdf