S.Amdt. 2471

SA 2471. Mr. HELLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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. 729. STRATEGY TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN MENTAL HEALTH
PROVIDERS.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a
strategy to recruit and retain mental health providers,
including psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health nurse
practitioners, licensed social workers, and other licensed
providers of the military health system.
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