113 S1815 IS: Occupational Therapy in Mental Health Act U.S. Senate 2013-12-12 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II113th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 1815IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESDecember 12 (legislative day, December 11), 2013Mr. Begich introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsA BILLTo amend the Public Health Service Act to include occupational therapists as behavioral and mental health professionals for purposes of the National Health Service Corps.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Occupational Therapy in Mental Health Act.

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Including occupational therapists as behavioral and mental health professionals for purposes of the National Health Service Corps

Section 331(a)(1)(E)(i) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254d(a)(1)(E)(i)) is amended by inserting occupational therapists, after psychiatric nurse specialists,.