Bill Text: TX SB1349 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to a requirement that a person hold a license issued by the appropriate state agency to be employed as a marriage and family therapist by a school district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-10 - Left pending in committee [SB1349 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1349-Engrossed.html
By: Van de Putte | S.B. No. 1349 |
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relating to a requirement that a person hold a license issued by the | ||
appropriate state agency to be employed as a marriage and family | ||
therapist by a school district. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 21.003, Education Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, a [ |
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person may not be employed by a school district as an audiologist, | ||
occupational therapist, physical therapist, physician, nurse, | ||
school psychologist, associate school psychologist, marriage and | ||
family therapist, social worker, or speech language pathologist | ||
unless the person is licensed by the state agency that licenses that | ||
profession and[ |
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those professions for a school district only if the person holds the | ||
appropriate credential from the appropriate state agency. As long | ||
as a person employed by a district before September 1, 2011, to | ||
perform marriage and family therapy, as defined by Section 502.002, | ||
Occupations Code, is employed by the same district, the person is | ||
not required to hold a license as a marriage and family therapist to | ||
perform marriage and family therapy with that district. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 502.004, Occupations Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 502.004. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER. This chapter does | ||
not apply to: | ||
(1) the activities, within the scope of a person's | ||
employment, of a person employed to perform marriage and family | ||
therapy by a federal, state, county, or municipal agency or, except | ||
as provided by Section 21.003(b), Education Code, by a public or | ||
private educational institution[ |
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(2) the activities of a student, intern, or trainee in | ||
marriage and family therapy in a recognized course of study in | ||
marriage and family therapy at an accredited institution of higher | ||
education or other training institution, if: | ||
(A) the activities constitute a part of the | ||
course of study; and | ||
(B) the person is called a "marriage and family | ||
therapist intern" or similar title; | ||
(3) the activities and services of a person licensed | ||
to practice another profession, including a physician, attorney, | ||
registered nurse, occupational therapist, psychologist, social | ||
worker, or licensed professional counselor; or | ||
(4) the activities and services of a recognized | ||
religious practitioner, including a pastoral counselor or | ||
Christian Science practitioner recognized by the Church of Christ | ||
Scientist as registered and published in the Christian Science | ||
Journal, if the practitioner practices marriage and family therapy | ||
in a manner consistent with the laws of this state. | ||
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the State Board for Educator Certification shall | ||
propose rules for the administration of Subsection (b), Section | ||
21.003, Education Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |