Sec. 303. Study on access to inpatient mental health care for survivors of military sexual trauma
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The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall conduct a study on access to inpatient mental health care for current and former members of the Armed Forces who are survivors of military sexual trauma. The study required by subsection
(a)shall include the following: An assessment of the availability of bed spaces in the mental health residential rehabilitation treatment programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs for survivors of military sexual trauma, including the suitability of those programs for such survivors and the wait times for services under those programs. An assessment of geographic disparities in access to those programs for survivors of military sexual trauma, including by region and by rural and urban areas. An assessment of alternative care options provided when a survivor of military sexual trauma is waiting for inpatient care, the efficacy of those alternatives, and the satisfaction of patients with those alternatives. Recommendations for reducing the average wait time for services under those programs to 14 days or less, including by increasing bed space or addressing staffing needs. An assessment of the satisfaction of patients with the tracks of those programs specific to military sexual trauma, the wait times for services under those tracks, and recommendations for increasing or changing the number of locations for services under those tracks to better meet the needs of survivors of military sexual trauma. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report detailing the findings of the study required by subsection (a). In this section, the term military sexual trauma has the meaning given such term in section 1720D(f) of title 38, United States Code, as added by section 301.