To require a report on the feasibility of requiring post-deployment health assessments of Guard and Reserve members deployed in connection with contingency operations at their home stations or counties of residence.

SA 1782. Mr. CASEY 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:

On page 220, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following:

SEC. 713. REPORT ON POST-DEPLOYMENT HEALTH ASSESSMENTS OF GUARD AND RESERVE MEMBERS.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than March 1, 2010, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on post-deployment health assessments of Guard and Reserve members.

(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following:

(1) An assessment of the feasibility of administering a Post-Deployment Health Assessment (PDHA) to each member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces returning to the member's home station from deployment in connection with a contingency operation at such home station or in the county of residence of the member within the following timeframes:

(A) In the case of a member of the Individual Ready Reserve, an assessment administered by not later than the member's release from active duty following such deployment or 10 days after the member's return to such station or county, whichever occurs earlier.

(B) In the case of any other member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces returning from deployment, by not later than the member's release from active duty following such deployment.

(2) An assessment of the feasibility of requiring that Post-Deployment Health Assessments described under paragraph (1) be performed by a practitioner trained and certified as qualified to participate in the performance of Post-Deployment Health Assessments or Post-Deployment Health Reassessments.

(3) A description of--

(A) the availability of personnel described under paragraph (2) to perform assessments described under this subsection at the home stations or counties of residence of members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces; and

(B) if such personnel are not available at such locations, the additional resources necessary to ensure such availability within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.