Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff’s bipartisan bill to expand servicemembers’ access to mental health care is now law.
Sens. Ossoff and Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced the bipartisan Military Mental Health Professionals Support Act to help ensure servicemembers have access to the vital mental health care services they deserve by recruiting more mental health care providers.
Currently, mental and behavioral health specialists count toward caps on military personnel by rank, impacting recruitment and retention of mental health care providers. Sen. Ossoff’s bipartisan law will cut red tape by removing those caps and permitting more specialists to provide vital care to servicemembers.
Sen. Ossoff’s Military Mental Health Professionals Support Act passed Congress as part of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act, which was signed into law yesterday.
“The impediment to accessing mental health services for military families is a real concern. That’s why I brought Republicans and Democrats together to pass this legislation into law, which will ensure our servicemembers, who make tremendous sacrifices in our country’s defense, can access the mental health services they need while they defend our nation,” Sen. Ossoff said.
Sen. Ossoff continues working to expand mental health care options for Georgians.
Earlier this fall, Sen. Ossoff delivered Federal resources through the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act to help hire licensed mental health providers that will better support students in and around Fulton, Gwinnett, Macon-Bibb, and Muscogee Counties.
Earlier this year, Sens. Ossoff and Kevin Cramer (R-ND)’s bipartisan Military Families Mental Health Services Act became law to help more military families access vital mental health care services.
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