,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ahja  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ad1 #bjai,mr4
 ,smucker 7for himself and ,mr4         
,carbajal7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,defense to develop a strategy to       
recruit and retain mental health        
providers1 to direct the ,secretaries of
 the military departments to develop    
medication monitoring programs1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,warrior       
,wellness ,act4  #b4 ,strategy to       
recruit and retain mental health        
providers ,not later than #ahj days     
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,secretary of ,defense shall  
submit to the congressional defense     
committees 7as defined in section       
#aja7;a77#af7 of title #aj1 ,united     
,states ,code7 a report that--  7#a7    
describes the shortage of mental health 

providers of the ,department of         
,defense2  7#b7 explains the reasons for
 such shortage2  7#c7 explains the      
effect of such shortage on members of   
the ,armed ,forces2 and  7#d7 contains a
 strategy to better recruit and retain  
mental health providers1 including with 
respect to psychiatrists1 psychologists1
 mental health nurse practitioners1     
licensed social workers1 and other      
licensed providers of the military      
health system4  #c4 ,monitoring         
medication prescribing practices for the
 treatment of post-traumatic stress     
disorder  7a7 ,report  7#a7 ,in general 
,not later than #ahj days after the date
 of enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,defense shall submit to  
the ,committees on ,armed ,services of  
the ,house of ,representatives and      
,senate a report on the practices for   
prescribing medication during the period
 beginning ,january #a1 #bjab1 and      
ending ,december #ca1 #bjag1 that were  
inconsistent with the post-traumatic    

stress disorder medication guidelines   
developed by the ,department of ,defense
 and the ,veterans ,health              
,administration4  7#b7 ,contents ,the   
report under this subsection shall      
include the following3 7,a7 ,a summary  
of the ,army's1 the ,navy's1 and the    
,air ,force's practices for prescribing 
medication during the period referred to
 in paragraph 7#a7 that were            
inconsistent with the post-traumatic    
stress disorder medication guidelines   
developed by the ,department of ,defense
 and the ,veterans ,health              
,administration4  7,b7 ,identification  
of medical centers serving members of   
the ,armed ,forces found to having      
higher than average incidences of       
prescribing medication during the period
 referred to in paragraph 7#a7 that were
 inconsistent with the post-traumatic   
stress disorder guidelines4  7,c7 ,a    
plan for such medical centers to reduce 
the prescribing of medications that are 
inconsistent with the post-traumatic    

stress disorder guidelines4  7,d7 ,a    
plan for ongoing monitoring of medical  
centers found to have higher than       
average incidences of prescribing       
medication that were inconsistent with  
the post-traumatic stress disorder      
guidelines by the ,department of        
,defense and the ,veterans ,health      
,administration4  7b7 ,monitoring       
program ,based on the findings of the   
report under subsection 7a71 the        
,secretaries of the ,army1 the ,navy1   
and the ,air ,force shall each establish
 a monitoring program carried out with  
respect to such branch of the ,armed    
,forces that shall provide as follows3  
7#a7 ,the monitoring program shall      
provide for the conduct of periodic     
reviews1 beginning ,october #a1 #bjbj1  
of medication prescribing practices of  
its own providers4  7#b7 ,the monitoring
 program shall provide for regular      
reports1 beginning ,october #a1 #bjba1  
to the ,department of ,defense and the  
,veterans ,health ,administration1 of   

the results of the periodic reviews     
pursuant to paragraph 7#a7 of this      
subsection4  7#c7 ,the monitoring       
program shall establish internal        
procedures1 not later than ,october #a1 
#bjba1 to address practices for         
prescribing medication that are         
inconsistent with the post-traumatic    
stress disorder medication guidelines   
developed by the ,department of ,defense
 and the ,veterans ,health              
,administration4