[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6968 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6968

 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to give marriage 
  and family therapists participating in the National Health Service 
 Corps Loan Repayment Program the option of completing a postgraduate 
  degree clinical training program that is accredited by the State in 
    which the program is located in lieu of such a program that is 
 accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family 
                           Therapy Education.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 11, 2024

   Mr. Harder of California introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to give marriage 
  and family therapists participating in the National Health Service 
 Corps Loan Repayment Program the option of completing a postgraduate 
  degree clinical training program that is accredited by the State in 
    which the program is located in lieu of such a program that is 
 accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family 
                           Therapy Education.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bringing More Therapists to the 
Valley Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY 
              THERAPISTS PARTICIPATING IN THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE 
              CORPS LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM.

    In issuing or updating guidance for the National Health Service 
Corps Loan Repayment Program under section 338B of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254l-1), the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and 
Services Administration, shall give participants who are marriage and 
family therapists the option of completing a postgraduate degree 
clinical training program in marriage and family therapy that is 
accredited by the State in which the program is located in lieu of such 
a program that is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for 
Marriage and Family Therapy Education.
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