| 1 | 1 | | 85R5245 BEE-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Miller H.B. No. 1131 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the requirement that a person obtain a dyslexia |
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| 8 | 8 | | therapist license. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 403, Occupations Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 403.004 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 403.004. EXEMPTION FROM LICENSING REQUIREMENT FOR |
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| 13 | 13 | | SUPERVISED ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES. Section 403.101(b) does not |
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| 14 | 14 | | apply to the activities and services of a person who is completing |
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| 15 | 15 | | supervised clinical experience as required by Section |
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| 16 | 16 | | 403.105(a)(3), to the extent that the activities and services |
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| 17 | 17 | | satisfy the requirements of Section 403.105(b). |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 2. Section 403.101, Occupations Code, is amended to |
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| 19 | 19 | | read as follows: |
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| 20 | 20 | | Sec. 403.101. LICENSE REQUIRED. (a) A person may not use |
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| 21 | 21 | | the title "licensed dyslexia practitioner" or "licensed dyslexia |
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| 22 | 22 | | therapist" in this state unless the person holds the appropriate |
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| 23 | 23 | | license under this chapter. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (b) A person may not provide multisensory structured |
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| 25 | 25 | | language education or dyslexia therapy services outside of an |
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| 26 | 26 | | educational setting, including a school, learning center, or |
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| 27 | 27 | | clinic, unless the person holds a licensed dyslexia therapist |
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| 28 | 28 | | license. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 403, Occupations Code, is |
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| 30 | 30 | | amended by adding Section 403.111 to read as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | Sec. 403.111. TEMPORARY DYSLEXIA THERAPIST LICENSE. (a) |
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| 32 | 32 | | The department shall issue a temporary dyslexia therapist license |
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| 33 | 33 | | to an applicant who satisfies all eligibility requirements under |
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| 34 | 34 | | Section 403.105, other than the education required by Section |
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| 35 | 35 | | 403.105(a)(1). |
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| 36 | 36 | | (b) A temporary license is valid until the earlier of: |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) September 1, 2022; or |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) the date on which the department issues a licensed |
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| 39 | 39 | | dyslexia therapist license to the applicant. |
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| 40 | 40 | | (c) The department shall issue a licensed dyslexia |
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| 41 | 41 | | therapist license to the holder of a temporary license under this |
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| 42 | 42 | | section if the temporary license holder satisfies the requirement |
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| 43 | 43 | | under Section 403.105(a)(1). |
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| 44 | 44 | | (d) This section expires January 1, 2023. |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 4. Section 403.151(b), Occupations Code, is amended |
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| 46 | 46 | | to read as follows: |
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| 47 | 47 | | (b) A licensed dyslexia therapist may practice in any [a |
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| 48 | 48 | | school, learning center, clinic, or private practice] setting. |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 50 | 50 | | conduct that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 51 | 51 | | Conduct that occurs before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 52 | 52 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the conduct occurred, and |
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| 53 | 53 | | the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 54 | 54 | | SECTION 6. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this |
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| 55 | 55 | | section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 56 | 56 | | (b) Section 403.101(b), Occupations Code, as added by this |
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| 57 | 57 | | Act, takes effect January 1, 2018. |
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