ANALYSIS ON THE ADVISABILITY OF REVISING MILITARY RULE OF EVIDENCE 513.

SEC. 569E. ANALYSIS ON THE ADVISABILITY OF REVISING MILITARY RULE OF EVIDENCE 513. (a) Analysis Required.—The Secretary of Defense shall analyze the advisability of modifying rule 513 of the Military Rules of Evidence (as set forth in part III of the Manual for Courts-Martial) to include diagnoses of a patient and treatments prescribed to a patient as confidential communications subject to the psychotherapist-patient privilege. The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report that includes the considerations described in subsection (b). (b) Considerations.—In the analysis directed under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall consider— (1) the advisability of modifying Military Rule of Evidence 513 to cover psychotherapy diagnoses and treatments; and (2) such other approaches to the modification of Military Rule of Evidence 513 as the Secretary considers appropriate to address victim privacy rights balanced against the rights of the accused and the best interests of justice.