S.Amdt. 1524

SA 1524. Mrs. DOLE (for herself, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. DeWine, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Chafee, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Chambliss, and Mr. Durbin) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1042, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle B of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 718. MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS UNDER TRICARE.

(a) Reimbursement Under TRICARE.--Section 1079(a)(8) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--

(1) by inserting “or licensed or certified mental health counselors” after “certified marriage and family therapists” both places it appears; and

(2) by inserting “or licensed or certified mental health counselors” after “that the therapists.”

(b) Authority to Provide Mental Health Services in Clinical Trials.--Section 1079(a)(13) of such title is amended by inserting “, licensed or certified mental health counselor,” after “certified marriage and family therapist”.

(c) Authority to Enter Into Personal Services Contracts.--Section 704(c)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103-337; 108 Stat. 2799; 10 U.S.C. 1091 note) is amended by inserting “mental health counselors,” after “psychologists,”.

(d) Applicability of Licensure Requirement for Health-care Professionals.--Section 1094 (e)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting “mental health counselor,” after “psychologist,”.