Please do not pass this legislation.  There is a shortage of licensed mental health providers in rural areas.  If this legislation is approved there will be even fewer mental health providers available.  For example, the vast majority of master’s level graduates from Psychology Programs around the country will NOT be license-eligible in Virginia. Excluding Psychology graduates is untenable given that the Virginia Department of Planning and Budget Economic Impact Analysis concluded that "in Virginia, requiring CACREP education would not appear to improve the quality of counselors as there is no reported differential in complaints or efficacy of practice between counselors that have CACREP education and those that have non-CACREP education” (page 4).