Bill Text: TX SB1491 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 1491

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the licensing in this state of a person licensed in another jurisdiction to practice psychology, marriage and family therapy, or professional counseling.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1491 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB1491-Introduced.html

	88R10765 DIO-D

	By: Miles	S.B. No. 1491



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the licensing in this state of a person licensed in
	another jurisdiction to practice psychology, marriage and family
	therapy, or professional counseling.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 501, Occupations Code, is
	amended by adding Section 501.265 to read as follows:
	Sec. 501.265. LICENSE BY ENDORSEMENT. (a) The executive
	council shall issue a psychologist license or a psychological
	associate license, as applicable, to an applicant who holds a
	current, unrestricted license in another jurisdiction that
	maintains licensing requirements that are substantially equivalent
	to the requirements under this chapter. An applicant for a license
	under this section must:
	(1) present proof to the executive council that the
	applicant is licensed in good standing as a psychologist or
	psychological associate, as applicable, in that jurisdiction;
	(2) provide to the executive council information
	regarding the status of any other professional license that the
	applicant holds or has held in this state or another jurisdiction;
	(3) present proof to the executive council that the
	applicant has passed a jurisprudence examination required by the
	executive council;
	(4) meet the qualifications required by Section
	501.2525 or 501.259, as applicable;
	(5) not have committed an act that is grounds for
	disciplinary action under Section 501.401;
	(6) submit to the executive council a current
	photograph that meets the requirements for a United States
	passport; and
	(7) meet any additional requirements provided by
	executive council rule.
	(b) The executive council shall adopt rules for issuing a
	license with a provisional status under Section 501.253 to an
	applicant for a license by endorsement who encounters a delay that
	is outside the applicant's control in submitting to the executive
	council the documentation required by this section.
	SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Occupations Code, is
	amended by adding Section 502.262 to read as follows:
	Sec. 502.262. LICENSE BY ENDORSEMENT. (a) The executive
	council shall issue a marriage and family therapist license or a
	marriage and family therapist associate license, as applicable, to
	an applicant who holds a current, unrestricted license in another
	jurisdiction that maintains licensing requirements that are
	substantially equivalent to the requirements under this chapter.
	An applicant for a license under this section must:
	(1) present proof to the executive council that the
	applicant is licensed in good standing as a marriage and family
	therapist or marriage and family therapist associate, as
	applicable, in that jurisdiction;
	(2) provide to the executive council information
	regarding the status of any other professional license that the
	applicant holds or has held in this state or another jurisdiction;
	(3) present proof to the executive council that the
	applicant has passed a jurisprudence examination required by the
	executive council;
	(4) meet the qualifications required by Section
	502.252;
	(5) not have committed an act that is grounds for
	disciplinary action under Section 502.351;
	(6) submit to the executive council a current
	photograph that meets the requirements for a United States
	passport; and
	(7) meet any additional requirements provided by
	executive council rule.
	(b) The executive council shall adopt rules for issuing a
	provisional license under Section 502.259 to an applicant for a
	license by endorsement who encounters a delay that is outside the
	applicant's control in submitting to the executive council the
	documentation required by this section.
	SECTION 3. Subchapter G, Chapter 503, Occupations Code, is
	amended by adding Section 503.315 to read as follows:
	Sec. 503.315. LICENSE BY ENDORSEMENT. (a) The executive
	council shall issue a professional counselor license to an
	applicant who holds a current, unrestricted license in another
	jurisdiction that maintains licensing requirements that are
	substantially equivalent to the requirements under this chapter.
	An applicant for a license under this section must:
	(1) present proof to the executive council that the
	applicant is licensed in good standing as a professional counselor
	in that jurisdiction;
	(2) provide to the executive council information
	regarding the status of any other professional license that the
	applicant holds or has held in this state or another jurisdiction;
	(3) present proof to the executive council that the
	applicant has passed a jurisprudence examination required by the
	executive council;
	(4) meet the qualifications required by Section
	503.302;
	(5) not have committed an act that is grounds for
	disciplinary action under Section 503.401;
	(6) submit to the executive council a current
	photograph that meets the requirements for a United States
	passport; and
	(7) meet any additional requirements provided by
	executive council rule.
	(b) The executive council shall adopt rules for issuing a
	provisional license under Section 503.310 to an applicant for a
	license by endorsement who encounters a delay that is outside the
	applicant's control in submitting to the executive council the
	documentation required by this section.
	SECTION 4. Not later than December 1, 2023, the Texas
	Behavioral Health Executive Council shall adopt the rules necessary
	to implement the changes in law made by this Act.
	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.