32.636 Department-administered post-traumatic stress disorder questionnaire and traumatic brain injury questionnaire.

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Sec. 236.

(1)An officer or enlisted person serving in the national guard while under state jurisdiction shall take a department-administered post-traumatic stress disorder questionnaire and a traumatic brain injury questionnaire before being deployed in operation Iraqi freedom, operation enduring freedom, or any other overseas service pursuant to any future declaration of war by the United States Congress or the beginning of an emergency condition recognized by the issuance of a presidential proclamation or a presidential executive order. The officer or enlisted person is exempt from this requirement if he or she has completed similar questionnaires approved by the United States department of veterans affairs or the United States department of defense while under the control of the federal government.

(2)An officer or enlisted person serving in the national guard within 90 days of his or her return to state jurisdiction from operation Iraqi freedom, operation enduring freedom, or any other overseas service pursuant to any future declaration of war by the United States Congress or the beginning of an emergency condition recognized by the issuance of a presidential proclamation or a presidential executive order shall take a department-administered post-traumatic stress disorder questionnaire and a traumatic brain injury questionnaire.

(3)An officer or enlisted person serving in the national guard and who has returned to state jurisdiction from operation Iraqi freedom or operation enduring freedom shall take a department-administered post-traumatic stress disorder questionnaire and a traumatic brain injury questionnaire. The officer or enlisted person is exempt from this requirement if he or she has completed similar questionnaires approved by the United States department of veterans affairs or the United States department of defense while under the control of the federal government.

(4)The officer or enlisted person is exempt from department-administered post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury requirements if he or she has completed similar questionnaires approved by the United States department of veterans affairs or the United States department of defense while under the control of the federal government.

(5)An officer or enlisted person who has been discharged from the national guard, an active duty servicemember residing in Michigan, or a federal reservist residing in Michigan who has been deployed in operation Iraqi freedom or operation enduring freedom may take a department-administered post-traumatic stress disorder questionnaire and a traumatic brain injury questionnaire free of charge.

(6)The questionnaires shall be developed by the department with the assistance of any statewide associations specializing in traumatic brain injuries, the Ann Arbor veteran administration medical center, and the Michigan department of community health and shall be approved by the United States department of veterans affairs or the United States department of defense.

(7)All post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury questionnaires shall be stored as electronic documents by the department.

(8)As used in this section, "department" means the department of military and veterans affairs.

History: Add. 2008, Act 139 , Imd. Eff. May 28, 2008