Expanding Mental Health Access for Cyber Command Personnel Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Expanding Mental Health Access for Cyber Command Personnel Act addresses behavioral health needs at United States Cyber Command and Cyber Mission Force duty locations. Within one year, the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, working with military department Principal Cyber Advisors and the Commander of United States Cyber Command, must carry out an initiative on occupational resiliency challenges. The initiative must ensure that behavioral health professionals are assigned to Cyber Command and Cyber Mission Force operating locations and that those professionals hold the clearances needed to treat assigned service members. For three years after the initiative begins, Defense officials must brief the Armed Services Committees annually on implementation status, clearance validation, clinical acuity, implementation challenges, awareness efforts, and other relevant information.
Who Benefits and How
Cyber Mission Force service members benefit from access to behavioral health professionals who can work in cleared operating environments. United States Cyber Command benefits from better support for occupational stress and mission resilience. Behavioral health professionals benefit from a clearer assignment and clearance framework for cyber duty locations. The Armed Services Committees benefit from annual briefings on clinical acuity, implementation barriers, and awareness efforts.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Under Secretaries of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and Policy must coordinate the initiative, validate clearances, track clinical acuity, identify implementation challenges, and brief Congress annually. Military department Principal Cyber Advisors and Cyber Command leadership must coordinate staffing and awareness efforts at operating locations. Clearance offices must process or verify behavioral health professional access. Federal taxpayers fund personnel assignment, clearance, and administrative costs.
Key Provisions
- Requires a Cyber Mission Force occupational-resiliency initiative within one year of enactment.
- Requires cleared behavioral health professionals at Cyber Command and Cyber Mission Force operating locations.
- Directs Defense officials to validate security clearances for assigned behavioral health professionals.
- Requires annual briefings to the Armed Services Committees for three years.
- Requires briefings to cover clinical acuity, implementation challenges, awareness efforts, and other relevant information.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires Defense personnel and cyber policy leaders to launch a Cyber Mission Force occupational-resiliency initiative with cleared behavioral health professionals at Cyber Command operating locations and annual briefings to the Armed Services Committees for three years.
Key Policy Areas
Defense, Cybersecurity, Mental Health, Military Personnel
Primary Purpose
Requires Defense personnel and cyber policy leaders to launch a Cyber Mission Force occupational-resiliency initiative with cleared behavioral health professionals at Cyber Command operating locations and annual briefings to the Armed Services Committees for three years.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Cyber Mission Force service members
- United States Cyber Command
- Behavioral health professionals
- Armed Services Committees
Identified Costs
- Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
- Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
- Principal Cyber Advisors
- Cyber Command leadership
- Clearance offices
- Federal taxpayers
Sponsors
Sarah Elfreth
D-MD | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Elfreth (for herself and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following …
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Cyber Mission Force service members, Principal Cyber Advisors, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel
Positive-direction: Cyber Mission Force service members, United States Cyber Command
Negative-direction: Principal Cyber Advisors, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "USCYBERCOM"
- → United States Cyber Command
- "Cyber Mission Force"
- → Military cyber operators assigned to Cyber Command duty locations
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
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