| 1 | | - | By: Coleman, Zerwas (Senate Sponsor - Eltife) H.B. No. 1924 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015; |
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| 3 | | - | May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Health |
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| 4 | | - | and Human Services; May 22, 2015, reported favorably by the |
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| 5 | | - | following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 1924 |
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| 10 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 5 | | relating to the authority of a psychologist to delegate certain |
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| 12 | 6 | | care to an intern. |
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| 13 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 501.351(a), Occupations Code, is amended |
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| 15 | 9 | | to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 10 | | (a) A psychologist licensed under this chapter may delegate |
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| 17 | 11 | | to a provisionally licensed psychologist, a newly licensed |
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| 18 | 12 | | psychologist who is not eligible for managed care panels, a person |
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| 19 | 13 | | who holds a temporary license issued under Section 501.263, a |
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| 20 | 14 | | person enrolled in a formal internship as provided by board rules, |
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| 21 | 15 | | and a person who satisfies Section 501.255(a) and is in the process |
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| 22 | 16 | | of acquiring the supervised experience required by Section |
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| 23 | 17 | | 501.252(b)(2) any psychological test or service that a reasonable |
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| 24 | 18 | | and prudent psychologist could delegate within the scope of sound |
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| 25 | 19 | | psychological judgment if the psychologist determines that: |
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| 26 | 20 | | (1) the test or service can be properly and safely |
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| 27 | 21 | | performed by the person; |
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| 28 | 22 | | (2) the person does not represent to the public that |
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| 29 | 23 | | the person is authorized to practice psychology; and |
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| 30 | 24 | | (3) the test or service will be performed in the |
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| 31 | 25 | | customary manner and in compliance with any other law. |
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| 32 | 26 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 27 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 28 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 29 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1924 was passed by the House on April |
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| 30 | + | 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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| 31 | + | voting. |
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| 32 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 33 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 34 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1924 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 35 | + | 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 36 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 37 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 38 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 39 | + | Date |
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| 40 | + | _____________________ |
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| 41 | + | Governor |
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