Bill Text: TX SB467 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of dyslexia practitioners and therapists.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-09 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB467 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB467-Introduced.html
| By: Paxton | S.B. No. 467 | |
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| relating to the regulation of dyslexia practitioners and | ||
| therapists. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 403.151, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a licensed dyslexia | ||
| practitioner may practice outside of an educational setting to the | ||
| extent necessary to provide a service that would otherwise be | ||
| provided in an educational setting that is not reasonably | ||
| accessible to the licensed dyslexia practitioner or client. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 403, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 403.153 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 403.153. USE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY. | ||
| Notwithstanding any other law, a license holder may provide any | ||
| service, including conducting an initial meeting with a client, | ||
| solely through the use of an interactive audiovisual communication | ||
| system, whether real-time or two-way, including a smartphone. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, the | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
