By: Rodriguez of Travis, Koop H.B. No. 1049
(Senate Sponsor - RodrÃguez)
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2015;
April 28, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Business and Commerce; May 20, 2015, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 20, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the classification of licensed massage therapy programs
as postsecondary education programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 455.203, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
(e) The course of instruction in massage therapy provided by
a licensed massage school is a postsecondary education program.
(f) A massage school that provides instruction to persons
beyond the age of compulsory education is authorized to operate
educational programs in massage therapy at the postsecondary level.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
455.203, Occupations Code, does not confer any new or additional
regulatory authority on the Department of State Health Services or
prescribe any new or additional requirements for massage schools
licensed under Chapter 455, Occupations Code.
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, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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