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<dc:title>118 HR 8165 IH: 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.</dc:title>
<dc:publisher>U.S. House of Representatives</dc:publisher>
<dc:date>2024-04-30</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">118th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 8165</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20240430">April 30, 2024</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="B001285">Ms. Brownley</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HVR00">Committee on Veterans' Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">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.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H7DF29F5D9F77451984B72F74A0E3B480" style="OLC"><section id="H09E165B0BE4E4189A769EDCB6AF3E145" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>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</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7402(b)(10) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="H8CE1883E9B7143E8816B38FFA93BA55A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA15A4EA260CB453BA390E5F63A59A455"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="USC">(A)</header-in-text></quote> before <quote>To be eligible</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBCA3DCA037D94181B750E2AADDAA4E92"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph (B):</text><quoted-block style="USC" id="H9AD51E0D4E4740AEA9210A0384E568B1" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subparagraph id="HECC7F4AD79B547C58E18142C579ADB28" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to be appointed to a marriage and family therapist position and qualified to provide clinical supervision, a person must—</text><clause id="H9FF8C0EEABCA47798ED06C675D30B789"><enum>(i)</enum><text>have the qualifications set forth in subparagraph (A); and</text></clause><clause id="HDB72090A34D74ABAA066372286CF9226"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB36D0EAD94BA4F63BD93F6CCB80A59DF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>be authorized to provide clinical supervision in the State described in clause (ii) of such subparagraph; or</text></subclause><subclause id="HF1374298118C4370A47940C8AD2FD60E" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be designated as an approved supervisor by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></legis-body></bill> 

