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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 785 (Introduced in Senate) — To improve mental health care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. · Sec. 503

Sec. 503. Occupational series and staffing improvement plan for licensed professional mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists of Department of Veterans Affairs

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Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Office of Personnel Management, shall develop an occupational series for licensed professional mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a plan to address staffing shortages of licensed professional mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The plan required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following: The number of positions for licensed professional mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists of the Department that need to be filled to meet demand, disaggregated by Veterans Integrated Service Network and medical center. An identification of the steps that the Secretary will take in each Veterans Integrated Service Network to address such shortages, include the following: A description of any region-specific hiring incentives to be used by the Secretary in consultation with the directors of Veterans Integrated Service Networks and medical centers of the Department. A description of any local retention or engagement incentives to be used by directors of Veterans Integrated Service Networks. Such recommendations for legislative or administrative action as the Secretary, in consultation with the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs, considers necessary to aid in addressing staffing shortages of licensed professional mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists of the Department. Not later than one year after the submittal of the plan required by subsection (b), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report setting forth the number of licensed professional mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists hired by the Department during the one-year period preceding the submittal of the report, disaggregated by Veterans Integrated Service Network and medical center.
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