Bill Text: TX HB3579 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of massage therapists and massage establishments by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation and political subdivisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB3579 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB3579-Introduced.html

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88R13491 JCG-D
By: Bumgarner H.B. No. 3579

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of an emergency order by the Texas
Department of Licensing and Regulation against a massage
establishment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 455, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 455.252 to read as follows:
Sec. 455.252. EMERGENCY ORDER. The executive director
shall issue an emergency order under Section 51.3511 halting the
operation of a massage establishment if:
(1) a law enforcement agency gives notice to the
department, or the department otherwise learns, that the law
enforcement agency is investigating the massage establishment for
an offense under Chapter 20A, Penal Code; or
(2) the department has reasonable cause to believe
that an offense under Chapter 20A, Penal Code, is being committed at
the massage establishment.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.