BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

SEC. 703. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES. (a) Mental Health Assessments.—Section 1074a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new subsection (h): “(h)(1) The Secretary of Defense may provide to any member of the reserve components performing inactive-duty training during scheduled unit training assemblies access to mental health assessments with a licensed mental health professional who shall be available for referrals during duty hours on the premises of the principal duty location of the member’s unit. “(2) Mental health services provided to a member under this subsection shall be at no cost to the member.” ; and (3) in subsection (i), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by striking “medical and dental readiness” and inserting “medical, dental, and behavioral health readiness”. (b) [10 U.S.C. 10101 note] Behavioral Health Support.— (1) In general.—Each member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces participating in annual training or individual duty training shall have access, while so participating, to the behavioral health support programs for members of the reserve components described in paragraph (2). (2) Behavioral health support programs.—The behavioral health support programs for members of the reserve components described in this paragraph shall include one or any combination of the following: (A) Programs providing access to licensed mental health providers in armories, reserve centers, or other places for scheduled unit training assemblies. (B) Programs providing training on suicide prevention and post-suicide response. (C) Psychological health programs. (D) Such other programs as the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Surgeon General for the National Guard of the State in which the members concerned reside, the Director of Psychological Health of the State in which the members concerned reside, the Department of Mental Health or the equivalent agency of the State in which the members concerned reside, or the Director of the Psychological Health Program of the National Guard Bureau, considers appropriate. (3) Funding.—Behavioral health support programs provided to members of the reserve components under this subsection shall be provided using amounts made available for operation and maintenance for the reserve components. (4) State defined.—In this subsection, the term “State” has the meaning given that term in section 10001 of title 10, United States Code.