Bill Text: TX SB2001 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the conduct that constitutes the practice of psychology.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-23 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB2001 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB2001-Comm_Sub.html
By: Watson, et al. | S.B. No. 2001 | |
(Coleman) | ||
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relating to the conduct that constitutes the practice of | ||
psychology. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 501.003, Occupations Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 501.003. DEFINITION: PRACTICE OF PSYCHOLOGY. (a) In | ||
this chapter: | ||
(1) "Practice of psychology" means: | ||
(A) the observation, description, diagnosis, | ||
evaluation, assessment, interpretation, or treatment of and | ||
intervention in human behavior by applying education, training, | ||
methods, and procedures for the purpose of: | ||
(i) preventing, predicting, treating, | ||
remediating, or eliminating: | ||
(a) symptomatic, maladaptive, or | ||
undesired behavior; | ||
(b) emotional, interpersonal, | ||
learning, substance use, neuropsychological, cognitive, or | ||
behavioral disorders or disabilities, including those that | ||
accompany medical problems; or | ||
(c) mental illness; | ||
(ii) evaluating, assessing, or | ||
facilitating, by a license holder or a person who represents the | ||
person to the public by a title or description of services that | ||
includes the word "psychological," "psychologist," or | ||
"psychology," the enhancement of individual, group, or | ||
organizational effectiveness, including evaluating, assessing, or | ||
facilitating: | ||
(a) personal effectiveness; | ||
(b) adaptive behavior; | ||
(c) interpersonal relationships; | ||
(d) academic, vocational, and life | ||
adjustment; | ||
(e) health; or | ||
(f) individual, group, or | ||
organizational performance; | ||
(iii) providing psychological, | ||
neuropsychological, and psychoeducational evaluation, therapy, and | ||
remediation as well as counseling, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, | ||
hypnosis, and biofeedback; or | ||
(iv) consulting with others, including | ||
other mental health professionals, physicians, school personnel, | ||
or organizations within the scope of the provider's competency and | ||
training with respect to services provided for a specific | ||
individual; or | ||
(B) the supervision of an activity or service | ||
described by Paragraph (A). | ||
(2) "Psychological [ |
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services" means acts or behaviors that are included within the | ||
purview of the practice of psychology. | ||
(b) A person is engaged in the practice of psychology | ||
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(1) when providing or offering to provide | ||
psychological services to another in a professional relationship, | ||
represents the person to the public by a title or description of | ||
services that includes the word "psychological," "psychologist," | ||
or "psychology"; | ||
(2) provides or offers to provide psychological | ||
services to individuals, groups, organizations, or the public in a | ||
professional relationship; | ||
(3) is a psychologist or psychological associate | ||
employed as described by Section 501.004(a)(1) who offers or | ||
provides psychological services, other than lecture services, to | ||
the public for consideration separate from the salary that person | ||
receives for performing the person's regular duties; or | ||
(4) is employed as a psychologist or psychological | ||
associate by an organization that sells psychological services, | ||
other than lecture services, to the public for consideration. | ||
(c) A person is not engaged in the [ |
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psychology based solely on the person offering, regardless of | ||
whether the person is solicited, advice, counsel, or guidance | ||
addressing or affecting the mental, emotional, or behavioral health | ||
of another, if the person does not represent that the person is | ||
licensed under this chapter or engaged in the delivery of | ||
psychological services and does not represent that the advice, | ||
counsel, or guidance is psychological in nature, and: | ||
(1) the advice, counsel, or guidance is not offered in | ||
the context of a professional relationship; | ||
(2) if the person is offering the advice, counsel, or | ||
guidance in connection with the person's occupation, the primary | ||
focus of the occupation is not the delivery of mental, emotional, or | ||
behavioral health care services; or | ||
(3) the advice, counsel, or guidance is offered | ||
through an organized or structured program or peer support service | ||
that is designed to support or assist a person with a | ||
self-identified goal of changing or improving certain aspects of | ||
the person's mental, emotional, or behavioral health [ |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |