A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to include gambling disorder in health assessments for members of the Armed Forces and related research efforts of the Department of Defense.

United States115th CongressS-1439Senate
Updated: Jun 26, 2017

Summary

Preventing and Treating Gambling Disorder in the Military Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to incorporate medical screening questions specific to gambling disorder into the Annual Periodic Health Assessment conducted by DOD for members of the Armed Forces. DOD shall incorporate into ongoing research efforts questions on gambling disorder, including by restoring such questions into the Health Related Behaviors Survey of Active Duty Military Personnel.

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  1. Introduced in Senate

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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