Bill Text: TX HB2747 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the licensing and regulation of massage therapy.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2747 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2747-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2747 | ||
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| relating to the licensing and regulation of massage therapy. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 455.202, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (e) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (b) A massage establishment may not: | ||
| (1) employ an individual who is not a United States | ||
| citizen or a legal permanent resident with a valid work permit; | ||
| (2) employ a minor unless the minor's parent or legal | ||
| guardian authorizes in writing the minor's employment by the | ||
| establishment; | ||
| (3) allow a nude or partially nude employee to provide | ||
| massage therapy or other massage services to a customer; | ||
| (4) allow any individual, including a client, student, | ||
| license holder, or employee, to engage in sexual contact in the | ||
| massage establishment; [ |
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| (5) allow any individual, including a student, license | ||
| holder, or employee, to practice massage therapy in the nude or in | ||
| clothing designed to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any | ||
| individual; or | ||
| (6) allow any individual, including a student, license | ||
| holder, or employee, to reside on the premises of the massage | ||
| establishment. | ||
| (e) Subsection (b)(6) does not apply to: | ||
| (1) a place of business exempted under Section | ||
| 455.155(c)(2) from the requirement to hold a license as a massage | ||
| establishment; or | ||
| (2) a licensed massage therapist who practices as a | ||
| solo practitioner and who is exempted under Section 455.155(b) from | ||
| the requirement to hold a license as a massage establishment. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 455.204, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-1) The license of a massage therapist that is posted | ||
| under Subsection (b) must have attached to the front of the license | ||
| a photograph of the massage therapist. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter E, Chapter 455, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 455.207 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 455.207. POSTING OF CERTAIN NOTICES REQUIRED. (a) | ||
| Each massage establishment and massage school shall display in the | ||
| form and manner prescribed by the commission a sign concerning | ||
| services and assistance available to victims of human trafficking. | ||
| (b) The sign required by this section must: | ||
| (1) be in English, Spanish, Korean, Mandarin, and any | ||
| other language required by commission rule; | ||
| (2) include a toll-free telephone number of a | ||
| nationally recognized information and referral hotline for victims | ||
| of human trafficking; and | ||
| (3) be displayed in a conspicuous place clearly | ||
| visible to the public. | ||
| (c) The commission by rule shall establish requirements | ||
| regarding the posting of signs under this section. | ||
| SECTION 4. Not later than March 1, 2020, the Texas | ||
| Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules necessary | ||
| to implement the changes in law made by this Act to Chapter 455, | ||
| Occupations Code. | ||
| SECTION 5. A massage establishment, as defined by Section | ||
| 455.001, Occupations Code, shall comply with: | ||
| (1) Section 455.204(b-1), Occupations Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, not later than January 1, 2020; and | ||
| (2) Section 455.207, Occupations Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, not later than April 1, 2020. | ||
| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2747 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
| 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 113, Nays 25, 1 present, not | ||
| voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to | ||
| H.B. No. 2747 on May 23, 2019, and requested the appointment of a | ||
| conference committee to consider the differences between the two | ||
| houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report | ||
| on H.B. No. 2747 on May 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 91, | ||
| Nays 54, 1 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2747 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays | ||
| 1; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference | ||
| committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and | ||
| that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. | ||
| 2747 on May 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
