118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 2072Supporting Mental Health for Military Children Act

A bill to establish a pilot program to provide mental health check-ups for students at schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity, and for other purposes.

Armed forces and national security
Introduced Jun 21, 2023
Last action Jun 21, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Jun 21, 2023
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Referred
Jun 21, 2023
Armed Services
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Committee
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Senate
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House floor
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish and implement a four-year pilot program to provide routine mental health checkups for students in 10 selected elementary or secondary schools that are operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA). Such schools must be DODEA schools within or outside the United States that DOD determines have adequate mental health infrastructure in place to provide mental health checkups under the program.

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
Timeline · 2 actions
Jun 21, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jun 21, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.