Sec. 708. Pilot program on treatment of members of the Armed Forces for post-traumatic stress disorder related to military sexual trauma
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The Secretary of Defense may carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of using intensive outpatient programs to treat members of the Armed Forces suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder resulting from military sexual trauma, including treatment for substance use disorder, depression, and other issues related to such conditions. The pilot program authorized by subsection
(a)shall be carried out using grants, awarded on a competitive basis, to community partners described in paragraph (2). A community partner described in this paragraph is a private health care organization or institution that— provides health care to members of the Armed Forces; provides evidence-based treatment for psychological and neurological conditions that are common among members of the Armed Forces, including post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, substance use disorder, and depression; provides health care, support, and other benefits to family members of members of the Armed Forces; and provides health care under the TRICARE program (as that term is defined in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code). Each community partner awarded a grant under subsection
(b)shall— carry out intensive outpatient programs of short duration to treat members of the Armed Forces suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder resulting from military sexual trauma, including treatment for substance use disorder, depression, and other issues related to such conditions; use evidence-based and evidence-informed treatment strategies in carrying out such programs; share clinical and outreach best practices with other community partners participating in the pilot program authorized by subsection (a); and annually assess outcomes for members of the Armed Forces individually and throughout the community partners with respect to the treatment of conditions described in paragraph (1). The Federal share of the costs of programs carried out by a community partner awarded a grant under subsection
(b)using a grant under that subsection may not exceed 50 percent. The Secretary may not carry out the pilot program authorized by subsection
(a)after the date that is three years after the date of the enactment of this Act.