Official Summaries

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.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 658 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 658


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 3, 2026

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
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) be recognized by the State described in clause (ii) 
        of such subparagraph as a provider of, or


              

         otherwise allowed by such State to provide, clinical 
        supervision.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives February 2, 2026.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.