,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #diic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #h1        
#bjai,ms4 ,gabbard introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to require members of the
 ,armed ,forces to receive physical     
examinations and mental health          
assessments during the #ij-;day period  
before separation from the ,armed       
,forces1 to include health care planning
 in the ,transition ,assistance ,program
 for members of the ,armed ,forces1 to  
require the ,secretary of ,defense to   
issue an annual report to ,congress     
regarding health care for separating    
members of the ,armed ,forces1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,refer and     
,equip ,veterans ,and ,military         
,personnel ,act or ,,revamp ,act4  #b4  
,physical examination and mental health 
assessment required during the #ij-;day 

period before separation from the ,armed
 ,forces ,section #aade of title #aj1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended--     
7#a7 in subsection 7a77#e77;,a71 by     
striking immediately and inserting not  
more than #ij days2 and  7#b7 in        
subsection 7d7--  7,a7 in paragraph     
7#a7-- 7i7 by inserting and a mental    
health assessment after physical        
examination each place it appears2  7ii7
 in subparagraph 7,a71 by inserting and 
after the semicolon2  7iii7 in          
subparagraph 7,b71 by striking 2 and and
 inserting a period2 and  7iv7 by       
striking subparagraph 7,c72  7,b7 in    
paragraph 7#b71 by inserting and mental 
health assessment after physical        
examination both places it appears2 and 
7,c7 in paragraphs 7#c7 and 7#d71 by    
inserting or mental health assessment   
after physical examination both places  
it appears4  #c4 ,health care planning  
in the ,transition ,assistance ,program 
,section #aadb7;b77#aj7 of title #aj1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    

inserting health care1 after            
educational14  #d4 ,annual report       
regarding members separating from the   
,armed ,forces ,section #ajgc;b of title
 #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended 
by adding at the end the following new  
subsection 7c73  7c7 ,annual report on  
members separating from the armed forces
  7#a7 ,not later than ,july #a of each 
year1 the ,secretary of ,defense shall  
issue a report to ,congress on data     
compiled from physical examinations and 
mental health assessments of members of 
the armed forces conducted under section
 #aade7;a77#e7 of this title4 ,the      
report shall cover the calendar year    
preceding the year in which the report  
is submitted4  7#b7 ,the report under   
paragraph 7#a7 shall1 with respect to   
members described in section            
#aade7;a77#e7 of this title1 include the
 following information3  7,a7 ,a        
breakdown of members by age1 rank1      
length of service1 duties1 deployment1  
contingencies1 sex1 race1 and military  

department4  7,b7 ,what percentage of   
members received physical examinations  
and mental health assessments in such   
calendar year4  7,c7 ,the most common   
physical and mental health conditions   
identified by such physical examinations
 and mental health assessments4  7,d7   
,the risk factors and co-morbidities    
associated with the conditions described
 in subparagraph 7,c74  7,e7 ,plans of  
the ,secretary to address the conditions
 described in subparagraph 7,c74  7,f7  
,what percentage of members received    
preseparation counseling under section  
#aadb of this title4  7,g7 ,challenges  
7including wait times and administrative
 burdens7 to providing services to      
members under the ,transition           
,assistance ,program under sections     
#aadb and #aadd of this title4  7#c7    
,the ,secretary shall cooperate with the
 ,secretaries of ,veterans ,affairs and 
,labor to improve implementation of the 
,transition ,assistance ,program under  
sections #aadb and #aadd of this title4 

7#d7 ,the ,secretary shall publish each 
report under paragraph 7#a7 on a        
publicly available website of the       
,department of ,defense4  4