,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bbag  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #g1     
#bjad ,mr4 ,tester 7for himself1 ,mrs4  
,gillibrand1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 and ,mr4 
,walsh7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a     
,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to enhance the           
participation of mental health          
professionals in boards for the         
correction of military records and      
boards for the review of the discharge  
or dismissal of members of the ,armed   
,forces4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,military ,mental   
,health ,review ,board ,improvement     
,act4  #b4 ,enhancement of participation
 of mental health professionals in      
boards for correction of military       
records and boards for review of        
discharge or dismissal of members of the
 ,armed ,forces  7a7 ,boards for        
correction of military records ,section 

#aeeb of title #aj1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 by             
redesignating subsection 7g7 as         
subsection 7h72 and  7#b7 by inserting  
after subsection 7f7 the following new  
subsection 7g73  7g7 ,any medical       
advisory opinion issued to a board      
established under subsection 7a77#a7    
with respect to a member or former      
member of the armed forces who was      
diagnosed while serving in the armed    
forces as experiencing a mental health  
disorder shall include the opinion of a 
clinical psychologist or psychiatrist if
 the request for correction of records  
concerned relates to a mental health    
disorder4  4  7b7 ,boards for review of 
discharge or dismissal  7#a7 ,review for
 certain former members with ,,ptsd or  
,,tbi ,subsection 7d77#a7 of section    
#aeec of such title is amended by       
striking physician1 clinical            
psychologist1 or psychiatrist the second
 place it appears and inserting clinical
 psychologist or psychiatrist1 or a     

physician with training on mental health
 issues connected with post traumatic   
stress disorder or traumatic brain      
injury 7as applicable74  7#b7 ,review   
for certain former members with mental  
health diagnoses ,such section is       
further amended by adding at the end the
 following new subsection3  7e7 ,in the 
case of a former member of the armed    
forces 7other than a former member      
covered by subsection 7d77 who was      
diagnosed while serving in the armed    
forces as experiencing a mental health  
disorder1 a board established under this
 section to review the former member's  
discharge or dismissal shall include a  
member who is a clinical psychologist or
 psychiatrist1 or a physician with      
special training on mental health       
disorders4  4