[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5572]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6033. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle B of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 730. CLARIFICATION REGARDING LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR 
                   PROVISION OF NON-MEDICAL COUNSELING SERVICES BY 
                   CERTAIN HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONALS.

       Section 1094 of title 10, United States Code is amended--
       (1) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting ``, including by 
     providing non-medical counseling services in connection with 
     such practice,'' after ``the health profession or professions 
     of the health-care professional''; and
       (2) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the following 
     new paragraph:
       ``(3) The term `non-medical counseling'--
       ``(A) means short-term, non-therapeutic counseling that is 
     not an appropriate substitute for individuals in need of 
     clinical therapy; and
       ``(B) includes counseling that is supportive in nature and 
     addresses issues such as general conditions of living, life 
     skills, improving relationships at home and at work, stress 
     management, adjustment issues (such as those related to 
     returning from a deployment), marital problems, parenting, 
     and grief and loss.''.
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