Sec. 427. Expansion of access to counseling
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant shall hire, train, and deploy not fewer than an additional 5 behavioral health specialists. Through the hiring process required by subsection (a), the Commandant shall ensure that at least 35 percent of behavioral health specialists employed by the Coast Guard have experience in behavioral healthcare for the purpose of supporting members of the Coast Guard with fertility, infertility, pregnancy, miscarriage, child loss, postpartum depression, and related counseling needs.
The support provided by the behavioral health specialists described in subsection (a)— may include care delivered via telemedicine; and shall be made widely available to members of the Coast Guard. Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 4902(1)(A) of title 14, United States Code, as amended by section 101 of this Act, $2,000,000 shall be made available to the Commandant for each of fiscal years 2023 and 2024 to carry out this section.