S.Amdt. 372

SA 372. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2018 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 A of title VII, add the following:

SEC. ___. COUNSELING AND TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDERS AND CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT FOR
MEMBERS WHO SEPARATE FROM THE ARMED FORCES.

Section 1145(a)(6)(B)(i) of title 10, United States Code,
is amended--
(1) in subclause (I)--
(A) by inserting ``, substance use disorder,'' after
``post-traumatic stress disorder''; and
(B) by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) by redesignating subclause (II) as subclause (III); and
(3) by inserting after subclause (I) the following new
subclause (II):
``(II) chronic pain management services, including
counseling and treatment of co-occurring mental health
disorders and alternatives to opioid analgesics; and''.
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