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HR 8145 116th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory procedures Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Employee hiring Family services Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Mental health

To provide for a staffing improvement plan and occupational series for licensed professional mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists of Department of Veterans Affairs, and for…

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To provide for a staffing improvement plan and occupational series for licensed professional mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists of Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 4, 2020 Introduced by: Hayes, Jahana Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 10, 2020
Committee Hearings Held.
Sep 1, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sep 1, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to (1) submit a plan to address its staffing shortages of licensed professional mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists, and (2) develop an occupational series for such counselors and therapists.

What's happening now September 10, 2020

Committee Hearings Held.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Democratic 12
D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · Oct 9, 2020
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Oct 9, 2020
Bustos, Cheri
· Sep 29, 2020
Brown, Anthony
· Sep 21, 2020
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 4, 2020
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Sep 4, 2020
 D
Escobar, Veronica
Texas · Sep 4, 2020
 D
Houlahan, Chrissy
Pennsylvania · Sep 4, 2020
Lawrence, Brenda
· Sep 4, 2020
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Sep 4, 2020
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Sep 1, 2020
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Sep 1, 2020
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Sep 1, 2020
Fudge, Marcia
· Sep 1, 2020
 D
Morelle, Joseph D.
New York · Sep 1, 2020
O'Halleran, Tom
· Sep 1, 2020
RUSH, BOBBY
· Sep 1, 2020
RYAN, TIM
· Sep 1, 2020
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Sep 1, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8145: To provide for a staffing improvement plan and occupational series for licensed professional mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists of Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8145/
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"H.R. 8145: To provide for a staffing improvement plan and occupational series for licensed professional mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists of Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8145/.
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H.R. 8145, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8145/.
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[H.R. 8145: To provide for a staffing improvement plan and occupational series for licensed professional mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists of Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8145/)
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