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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 · Sec. 722

Sec. 722. BRAIN HEALTH AND TRAUMA PROGRAM

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## SEC. 722 BRAIN HEALTH AND TRAUMA PROGRAM ###
(a)Establishment The Secretary of Defense shall establish an intensive comprehensive brain health and trauma program to— ####
(1)provide multidisciplinary specialist evaluations, treatment initiation, and aftercare for members of the Armed Forces and dependents of members; and ####
(2)make evidence-based improvements in such evaluations, treatment, and aftercare. ###
(b)Program Elements The Secretary shall ensure that the program under subsection
(a)includes the following: ####
(1)Initiatives of the Defense Health Agency that provide coordinated evaluations, treatment, and aftercare for traumatic brain injuries and related conditions, that incorporates specialized evaluations, innovative and evidence-based treatments, and comprehensive follow-up care. ####
(2)Collaboration with private sector nonprofit health care organizations involved in innovative clinical activities in brain health and trauma care, including transitional and residential brain injury treatment programs. ####
(3)One or more pilot programs for demonstrating the effectiveness of intensive outpatient multidisciplinary specialist treatment and care coordination. ####
(4)Incorporation of evidence-based therapy with complementary and alternative medicine approaches. ####
(5)Thorough evaluations of the effectiveness of innovative activities for diagnosis, treatment, and aftercare of brain trauma and promotion of brain health. ###
(c)Briefing Not later than December 31, 2025, the Secretary shall provide to the Armed Services Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives a briefing on the program under subsection (a). Such briefing shall include the following: ####
(1)A description of the range of activities included in the program and data assessing the effectiveness or shortcomings of such activities. ####
(2)The scope of each pilot program carried out under subsection (b)(3). ####
(3)Recommendations for administrative or legislative changes to improve the effectiveness of the program.
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