AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY lobbying for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY

Filing 1st Quarter - Report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2026

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 14, 2026

Expenses

$20,000.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using A: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

Virginia

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 1

DAVID CONNOLLY

Previously held: Former Professional Staff Member, Education and Workforce Committee

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 5

Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Education, Dept of
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 5

S 4202
Mental Health Access and Provider Support Act of 2026
HR 8081
Mental Health Access and Provider Support Act of 2026
HR 658
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish qualifications for the appointment of a person as a marriage and fa…
HR 7148
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
HR 1
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.

Lobbying activity 4

Medicare/Medicaid

Outreach to Congress and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to advocate for the interests of Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists as providers within the Medicare program. Advocating for the passage of the Mental Health Access and Provider Support Act (S.4202/ H.R.8081), legislation that would increase the Medicare reimbursement rates for marriage and family therapists.

Veterans

Improving the hiring and retention of licensed marriage and family therapists to serve as providers in facilities operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) by advocating for legislation to allow the hiring of additional licensed marriage and family therapists as supervisors in VA facilities (H.R. 658).

Budget/Appropriations

Advocate for the continuation of funding for the SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program for FY 2026. H.R. 7148 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. In addition, advocating for the continuation of funding for the SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program for FY 2027.

Education

Advocating for the inclusion of MFTs in the professional degree graduate student loan borrowing limits created by H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.