,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #abcf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ah1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,jones introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to require the inclusion 
of a behavioral health professional on  
any physical evaluation board that      
considers issues of post-traumatic      
stress disorder1 traumatic brain injury1
 or other mental health condition4  #a4 
,inclusion of behavioral health         
professionals on physical evaluation    
boards ,section #abbb of title #aj1     
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7d7 ,inclusion of          
behavioral health professional  7#a7 ,if
 a physical evaluation board will       
consider issues related to              
post-traumatic stress disorder1         
traumatic brain injury1 or other mental 
health condition1 the physical          

evaluation board must include a         
behavioral health professional as a     
member of the board4 ,the behavioral    
health professional shall serve in lieu 
of the medical member of the physical   
evaluation board unless1 as a result of 
the health-related issues before the    
board1 the board would benefit from the 
presence of both a behavioral health    
professional and medical member4  7#b7  
,in this subsection1 the term behavioral
 health professional means a clinical   
psychologist1 psychiatrist1 licensed    
clinical social worker1 or psychiatric  
advanced practice registered nurse4  4