DoD family council wants answers on dependent medical records

Military Times: A Defense Department council is asking Defense Secretary Jim Mattis for answers about whether military children whose parents encouraged them to seek behavioral health care are later being barred from military service.

The DoD Military Family Readiness Council voted Wednesday to forward a recommendation to Mattis requesting information from the military services about the use of electronic medical records of new entrants to the military who were previously military dependents, an issue first reported on by Military Times. The group asked for a report to the council within six months.

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