US Congress House Bill 2639 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-2)
Status: Introduced on June 3 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-11-17 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Marriage and Family Therapists for Veterans Act Revises the eligibility criteria for appointment to a marriage and family therapist position with the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to require a person: (1) to hold a master's degree in marriage and family therapy, or a comparable degree in mental health, from an institution that is regionally accredited or approved by the VA Secretary (currently, approved by the Secretary); and (2) to have passed the Association of Marital and Family Therapy regulatory board examination in marital and family therapy or an examination for a marriage and family therapy license given by a state board of behavioral sciences (or its equivalent).

Marriage and Family Therapists for Veterans Act

Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-11-17	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2015-06-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-06-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2015-06-03	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2639/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2639/BILLS-114hr2639ih.pdf