S.Amdt. 5949

SA 5949. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Rounds) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. 753. REPORT ON TREATMENT OF EATING DISORDERS BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, in collaboration with the Surgeon General for each military department, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the treatment of eating disorders by health care providers of the Department of Defense.

(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include an assessment of the following:

(1) Education and training activities undertaken by health care providers of the Department of Defense.

(2) The use of generally accepted standards of care and screenings of members of the Armed Forces.

(3) Any barriers to implementing a standard, mandatory training for providers seeing patients suffering from eating disorders.