S.Amdt. 6033

SA 6033. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle B of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 730. CLARIFICATION REGARDING LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR PROVISION OF NON-MEDICAL COUNSELING SERVICES BY CERTAIN HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONALS.

Section 1094 of title 10, United States Code is amended--

(1) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting “, including by providing non-medical counseling services in connection with such practice,” after “the health profession or professions of the health-care professional”; and

(2) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(3) The term ‘non-medical counseling'--

“(A) means short-term, non-therapeutic counseling that is not an appropriate substitute for individuals in need of clinical therapy; and

“(B) includes counseling that is supportive in nature and addresses issues such as general conditions of living, life skills, improving relationships at home and at work, stress management, adjustment issues (such as those related to returning from a deployment), marital problems, parenting, and grief and loss.”.