HR 8145 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

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 Sep 1, 2020 Originated House Sponsor Jahana Hayes D-CT

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 10, 2020 Committee Hearings Held.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedSep 1, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 24

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 1, 2020 to Oct 9, 2020; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalSep 1, 2020
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalSep 1, 2020
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalSep 1, 2020
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalSep 1, 2020
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalSep 1, 2020
D-NYJoseph D. MorelleOriginalSep 1, 2020
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeOriginalSep 1, 2020
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalSep 1, 2020
D-PASusan WildOriginalSep 1, 2020
D-OHTim RyanOriginalSep 1, 2020
D-AZTom O'HalleranOriginalSep 1, 2020
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalSep 1, 2020
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceSep 4, 2020
D-PAChrissy HoulahanSep 4, 2020
D-CAJim CostaSep 4, 2020
D-TXMarc A. VeaseySep 4, 2020
D-TNSteve CohenSep 4, 2020
D-TXVeronica EscobarSep 4, 2020
D-MDDavid J. TroneSep 11, 2020
D-MDAnthony G. BrownSep 21, 2020
D-ILCheri BustosSep 29, 2020
D-GADavid ScottSep 29, 2020
D-CTJoe CourtneyOct 9, 2020
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOct 9, 2020

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseVeterans' Affairs Committee
Referred Sep 1, 2020Hearings Sep 10, 2020

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 10, 2020Committee Hearings Held.
  2. Sep 1, 2020Introduced in House
  3. Sep 1, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article One, Section Eight

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 152, September 1, 2020, page H4318.

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
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.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 1, 2020Introduced in House

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