President Signs Landmark Bill Opening the Federal Government to Mental Health Counselors

  • Thursday, October 22, 2020 6:46 PM
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    Jay, thanks for posting!! 

  • Thursday, October 22, 2020 3:45 PM
    Message # 9320259
    JAY SCHRADER (Administrator)

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    October 22, 2020

    On October 17, 2020, President Trump signed S. 785, which mandates the creation of a federal government classification for mental health counselors and pressures the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase its hiring of the profession. AMHCA is very proud of its leadership role in this tremendous success for the counseling profession. Passage of S. 785 is the most significant legislative accomplishment for mental health counselors since legislation to add the profession to the Minority Fellowship Program in 2011.


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    https://www.amhca.org/blogs/david-bergman1/2020/10/20/president-signs-landmark-bill-opening-the-federal

     


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