The Situation:  Under the terms of President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill  (H.R. 1), the Repayment Assistance Plan (RAP) will replace existing loan repayment programs, including the Grad PLUS Program and much of the Parent PLUS program. Under RAP, annual...

Contact your congressional representatives today to support H.R. 879, The Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act. This bipartisan legislation directly affects counselors’ ability to serve Medicare clients. The Situation The 2.8% Medicare provider payment...

The SituationThe Loan Equity for Advanced Professionals (LEAP) Act (H.R. 6574) has been introduced and would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to raise borrowing limits of federal unsubsidized loans for graduate and professional students to $50,000 per academic year...

Urge Your Representative to Support H.R. 3514/S.1816 H.R. 3514, the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025, addresses a critical barrier facing Medicare Advantage beneficiaries and the mental health counselors who serve them: burdensome and opaque prior...

Immediate Action Needed Contact members of Congress who represent your state in support of extending the enhanced premium tax credits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that are set to expire Dec. 31, 2025. The enhanced premium tax credits have made health...

URGENT: Medicare's Hidden Mental Health Crisis Needs Your Voice Medicare's 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital care represents an unfair policy that affects individuals with mental illness. This arbitrary cap—which doesn’t exist for any other...

New Legislation Could Restore Critical Medicaid Funding Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has introduced the Protect Medicaid and Rural Hospitals Act, legislation that would reverse harmful Medicaid cuts and dramatically expand rural hospital funding. This bipartisan...

Immediate Action Needed  Ask your members of Congress to support removing barriers to high-quality, virtual mental health care for Medicare beneficiaries. The Situation New legislation would permanently remove the requirement that Medicare beneficiaries must...

What Counselors Need to Know and Do Now The recently introduced H.R. 3210, the Artificial Intelligence Literacy and Inclusion Act, presents significant opportunities and considerations for our profession. This legislation aims to increase AI literacy nationwide by...

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) is considering eliminating essential programs that support mental health services in our nation’s schools. Your voice is needed to protect these critical resources. The Crisis: Only 14% of public school districts meet the...

The Pennsylvania legislature has introduced Counseling Compact bill HB 668 and legislators need to hear from stakeholders who support the compact! Please advocate for increased access to mental health services by sharing with your legislators that as of December 2024,...