Sec. 713. Improvement of mental health care provided by health care providers of the Department of Defense
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that all primary care and mental health care providers of the Department of Defense receive, or have already received, evidence-based training on the recognition and assessment of individuals at risk for suicide and the management of such risk. The Secretary shall ensure that providers who receive, or have already received, training described in paragraph
(1)receive such additional training thereafter as may be required based on evidence-based changes in health care practices. 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 assessing the mental health workforce of the Department of Defense and the long-term mental health care needs of members of the Armed Forces and their dependents for purposes of determining the long-term requirements of the Department for mental health care providers. The report submitted under paragraph
(1)shall include an assessment of the following: The number of mental health care providers of the Department of Defense as of the date of the submittal of the report, disaggregated by specialty, including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors, and marriage and family therapists. The number of mental health care providers that are anticipated to be needed by the Department. The types of mental health care providers that are anticipated to be needed by the Department. Locations in which mental health care providers are anticipated to be needed by the Department. Not later than 180 days 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 plan for the Department of Defense to develop procedures to compile and assess data relating to the following: Outcomes for mental health care provided by the Department. Variations in such outcomes among different medical facilities of the Department. Barriers, if any, to the implementation by mental health care providers of the Department of the clinical practice guidelines and other evidence-based treatments and approaches recommended for such providers by the Secretary.