To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish qualifications for the appointment of a person as a marriage and family therapist, qualified to provide clinical supervision, in the Veterans Health Administration.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 658 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 658

To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish qualifications for
    the appointment of a person as a marriage and family therapist,
   qualified to provide clinical supervision, in the Veterans Health
                            Administration.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 23, 2025

 Ms. Brownley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish qualifications for
    the appointment of a person as a marriage and family therapist,
   qualified to provide clinical supervision, in the Veterans Health
                            Administration.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A
              PERSON AS A MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST, QUALIFIED TO
              PROVIDE CLINICAL SUPERVISION, IN THE VETERANS HEALTH
              ADMINISTRATION.

    Section 7402(b)(10) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses
        (i) and (ii), respectively;
            (2) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``To be eligible''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph
        (B):
    ``(B) To be eligible to be appointed to a marriage and family
therapist position and qualified to provide clinical supervision, a
person must--
            ``(i) have the qualifications set forth in subparagraph
        (A); and
            ``(ii)(I) be authorized to provide clinical supervision in
        the State described in clause (ii) of such subparagraph; or
            ``(II) be designated as an approved supervisor by the
        American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.''.
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