American Mental Health Counselors Association
AMHCA's mission is to advance the profession of clinical mental health counseling
Based in VA
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AI Overview
With $40K in lobbying spend across 5 quarterly filings, American Mental Health Counselors Association is an active lobbying client. Their lobbying covers 4 issue areas.
$40K
Total Spend
1
Years Active
1
Firms Hired
1
Lobbyists Deployed
4
Issues Lobbied
Spending Trend
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| Year | Lobbying Spend |
|---|---|
| 2020 | $40K |
Issues Lobbied
Lobbying Firms
Lobbyists
What They Lobby About
These are actual descriptions from their quarterly lobbying disclosure filings, summarizing what they lobbied Congress and federal agencies about.Issue areas: Veterans, Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid
- •-Increase access to and employment of mental health counselors and the services they provide.
- •-Modify Medicare policy to recognize mental health counselors as providers of behavioral health services.
- •Increasing access to mental health counselors as qualified behavioral health professionals within the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Data Sources: Senate LDA Filings
Last updated: February 2026
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