Sec. 732. Report on mental health assessments
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Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a publicly available report on the Department of Defense’s implementation section 1074n of title 10, United States Code. The report shall include the following:
An evaluation of the implementation of such section across the Armed Forces. An evaluation of the efficacy of the mental health assessments under such section in helping to identify mental health conditions among members of the Armed Forces in order to prevent suicide. An evaluation of the tools and processes used to provide the annual mental health assessments of members of the Armed Forces conducted pursuant to such section. An analysis of how lessons learned from the annual mental health assessments can be used within the Department of Veterans Affairs to prevent veteran suicide.
An analysis of potential policy options to improve the monitoring and reporting required and to achieve a more robust implementation of such section. Such other information as the Comptroller General determines appropriate. Not later than March 1, 2020, the Comptroller General shall provide to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a briefing on the topics to be covered by the report under subsection (a), including and preliminary data and any issues or concerns of the Comptroller General relating to the report.
For purposes of this section, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the Comptroller General has access to all relevant data.