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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 658 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish qualifications for the |
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| 6 | 6 | | appointment of a person as a marriage and family therapist, qualified |
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| 7 | 7 | | to provide clinical supervision, in the Veterans Health Administration. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY23, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | ROWNLEYintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Committee on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish qualifica- |
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| 15 | 15 | | tions for the appointment of a person as a marriage |
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| 16 | 16 | | and family therapist, qualified to provide clinical super- |
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| 17 | 17 | | vision, in the Veterans Health Administration. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | •HR 658 IH |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | THE APPOINTMENT OF A PERSON AS A MAR-2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | RIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST, QUALIFIED 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | TO PROVIDE CLINICAL SUPERVISION, IN THE 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 7402(b)(10) of title 38, United States Code, 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | is amended— 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) by inserting ‘‘ |
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| 33 | 33 | | (A)’’ before ‘‘To be eligible’’; 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | and 11 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (3) by adding at the end the following new sub-12 |
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| 36 | 36 | | paragraph (B): 13 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(B) To be eligible to be appointed to a marriage and 14 |
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| 38 | 38 | | family therapist position and qualified to provide clinical 15 |
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| 39 | 39 | | supervision, a person must— 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(i) have the qualifications set forth in subpara-17 |
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| 41 | 41 | | graph (A); and 18 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(ii)(I) be authorized to provide clinical super-19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | vision in the State described in clause (ii) of such 20 |
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| 44 | 44 | | subparagraph; or 21 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(II) be designated as an approved supervisor 22 |
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| 46 | 46 | | by the American Association for Marriage and Fam-23 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ily Therapy.’’. 24 |
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