S.Amdt. 6210

SA 6210. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. Cramer) 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. STUDY ON TRAINING GAPS OF COVERED PROVIDERS WITH RESPECT TO SCREENING AND TREATMENT OF MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS.

(a) Study.--

(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, shall conduct a study to identify gaps in the training of covered providers with respect to the screening and treatment of maternal mental health conditions.

(2) Elements.--The study required under paragraph (1) shall include--

(A) an assessment of the level of experience of covered providers with, and the attitudes of such providers on, the screening, referral, and treatment of pregnant and postpartum women with a mental health condition or substance use disorder; and

(B) recommendations for the training of covered providers, considering any gaps in the training of such providers that are identified in the study.

(b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report containing the findings of the study conducted under subsection (a).

(c) Covered Provider Defined.--In this section, the term “covered provider” means a maternal health care provider or behavioral health provider furnishing services at a military medical treatment facility.