AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY
Lobbying for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY
Outreach to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to advocate for the implementation of a provision in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (P.L.117-328), which adds Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists as Medicare-eligible providers, effective January 2024.
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. 628)
Advocate for the continued and increased funding of the SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program for FY 2025 (H.R.1968 - Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025) and FY 2026