To direct the Director of the Defense Health Agency to submit to Congress a report on the feasibility of establishing a pilot program that establishes a behavioral neurology fellowship program to provide training opportunities with respect to treating members of the Armed Forces and veterans with traumatic brain injuries.

Key Points

• This bill asks the Defense Health Agency to study the possibility of starting a new training program for doctors. The program would focus on behavioral neurology, which is a field that helps treat people with brain injuries.
• The goal is to give doctors better training to help service members and veterans who have suffered traumatic brain injuries. These injuries often affect how a person thinks, feels, and acts.
• If the program is created, it would offer one-year fellowships to two doctors who have already finished their basic medical training. They would learn specialized ways to care for the military community and prepare for board certification.
• The Defense Health Agency would have 270 days to finish this study. They would need to figure out where the training should happen and if it is possible to get the program officially certified.

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