A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for eating disorders treatment for members and certain former members of the uniformed services, and dependents of such members, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · October 23, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Supporting Eating Disorders Recovery Through Vital Expansion Act or the SERVE Act
This bill provides coverage of the treatment of eating disorders under the TRICARE program. The services include both inpatient and outpatient care and shall be furnished without regard to age of a military dependent.
As part of the process for referrals for mental health evaluations of members, the Department of Defense shall encourage commanders and supervisory personnel to undertake mental health early identification training, to include recognition of warning signs and symptoms of an eating disorder.
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