Sec. 417. Members asserting post-traumatic stress disorder, sexual assault, or traumatic brain injury
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Section 2516 of title 14, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (1)— by striking or has been sexually assaulted during the preceding 2-year period ; and by striking or based on such sexual assault, the influence of and inserting the signs and symptoms of either ; by redesignating paragraphs
(2)through
(4)as paragraphs
(3)through (5), respectively; by inserting after paragraph
(1)the following: A member of the Coast Guard who has been sexually assaulted during the preceding 5-year period and who alleges, based on such sexual assault, the signs and symptoms of a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder described within the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association— is provided the opportunity to request a medical examination to clinically evaluate such signs and symptoms; and receives such a medical examination to evaluate a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, or diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder described within the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association. ; in paragraph
(3)by striking paragraph
(1)and inserting this subsection ; and in paragraph (4), as so redesignated— by inserting or a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder before under this subsection ; by inserting performed by after shall be ; and by striking subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)and inserting the following: a board-certified psychiatrist; a licensed doctorate-level psychologist; any other appropriate licensed or certified healthcare professional designated by the Commandant; or a psychiatry resident or board-eligible psychologist who— has completed a 1-year internship or residency; and is under the close supervision of a board-certified psychiatrist or licensed doctorate-level psychologist. ; in subsection
(b)by inserting or a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder after traumatic brain injury ; and by adding at the end the following: Any member of the Coast Guard who receives a notice of involuntary administrative separation shall be advised at the time of such notice of the right of the member to request a medical examination under subsection
(a)if any condition described in such subsection applies to the member. The Commandant shall— develop and issue a clear policy for carrying out the notification required under paragraph
(1)with respect to any member of the Coast Guard described in that paragraph who has made an unrestricted report of sexual assault; and provide information on such policy to sexual assault response coordinators of the Coast Guard for the purpose of ensuring that such policy is communicated to members of the Coast Guard who may be eligible for a medical examination under this section. .