S.Amdt. 1763
What it does: Adds SEC. 724. PRESCRIPTION OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS FOR TROOPS SERVING IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN at the end of subtitle C of title VII
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD)What it changes
1 change to S. 1390 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 724. PRESCRIPTION OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS FOR TROOPS SERVING IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN at the end of subtitle C of title VII
Adds a sectionIn S. 1390 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(c) Report.--Not later than April 1, 2010, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the study required under subsection (a). The report shall include such findings and recommendations as the Secretary considers appropriate in light of the study.
Inserted: SEC. 724. PRESCRIPTION OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS FOR TROOPS SERVING IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.
Inserted: (a) Report.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--Not later than June 30, 2010, and annually thereafter until June 30, 2015, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the prescription of antidepressants and drugs to treat anxiety for troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Inserted: (2) Content.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall include--
Inserted: (A) the numbers and percentages of troops that have served or are serving in Iraq and Afghanistan since January 1, 2005, who have been prescribed antidepressants or drugs to treat anxiety, including psychotropic drugs such as Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs); and
Inserted: (B) the policies and patient management practices of the Department of Defense with respect to the prescription of such drugs.
Inserted: (b) Department of Defense Study.--
Inserted: (1) Study.--The Department of Defense shall contract with an independent entity to conduct a study on the potential relationship between the increased number of suicides and attempted suicides by members of the Armed Forces and the increased number of antidepressants, drugs to treat anxiety, other psychotropics, and other behavior modifying prescription medications being prescribed, including any combination or interactions of such prescriptions. The Department of Defense shall immediately make available to such contracting entity all data necessary to complete the study.
Inserted: (2) Report on findings.--Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the findings of the study conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).
Original wording
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:
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As printed
SA 1763. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1390, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:
SEC. 724. PRESCRIPTION OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS FOR TROOPS SERVING IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.
(a) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than June 30, 2010, and annually thereafter until June 30, 2015, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the prescription of antidepressants and drugs to treat anxiety for troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
(2) Content.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall include--
(A) the numbers and percentages of troops that have served or are serving in Iraq and Afghanistan since January 1, 2005, who have been prescribed antidepressants or drugs to treat anxiety, including psychotropic drugs such as Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs); and
(B) the policies and patient management practices of the Department of Defense with respect to the prescription of such drugs.
(b) Department of Defense Study.--
(1) Study.--The Department of Defense shall contract with an independent entity to conduct a study on the potential relationship between the increased number of suicides and attempted suicides by members of the Armed Forces and the increased number of antidepressants, drugs to treat anxiety, other psychotropics, and other behavior modifying prescription medications being prescribed, including any combination or interactions of such prescriptions. The Department of Defense shall immediately make available to such contracting entity all data necessary to complete the study.
(2) Report on findings.--Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the findings of the study conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).
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Senate amendment submitted
July 22, 2009