HR 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.
Summary
This bill establishes eligibility requirements for the appointment of an individual in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) as a marriage and family therapist who is qualified to provide clinical supervision. In order to be appointed as a marriage and family therapist in the VHA who is qualified to provide clinical supervision, a person must hold an appropriate master’s degree, be licensed or certified, and (1) be authorized to provide clinical supervision in the state they are licensed in, or (2) be designated as an approved supervisor by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
Bill status
- Status
- Passed House
- Sponsor
- Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA-26]
- Cosponsors
- 1
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Introduced
- 2025-01-23
- Latest action
- 2026-02-03: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2026-02-03: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2026-02-02: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2026-02-02: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1932)
- 2026-02-02: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1932)
- 2026-02-02: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 658.