| 1 | | - | By: Romero, Jr., Clardy H.B. No. 2818 |
|---|
| 2 | | - | (Senate Sponsor - Taylor of Collin) |
|---|
| 3 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017; |
|---|
| 4 | | - | May 11, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & |
|---|
| 5 | | - | Commerce; May 21, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: |
|---|
| 6 | | - | Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 21, 2017, sent to printer.) |
|---|
| 7 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
|---|
| 1 | + | H.B. No. 2818 |
|---|
| 11 | 4 | | AN ACT |
|---|
| 12 | 5 | | relating to the practice of marriage and family therapy. |
|---|
| 13 | 6 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|---|
| 14 | 7 | | SECTION 1. Section 502.002(6), Occupations Code, is amended |
|---|
| 15 | 8 | | to read as follows: |
|---|
| 16 | 9 | | (6) "Marriage and family therapy" means providing |
|---|
| 17 | 10 | | professional therapy services to individuals, families, or married |
|---|
| 18 | 11 | | couples, alone or in groups, that involve applying family systems |
|---|
| 19 | 12 | | theories and techniques. The term includes the evaluation, |
|---|
| 20 | 13 | | diagnostic assessment, and remediation of mental, cognitive, |
|---|
| 21 | 14 | | affective, behavioral, or relational dysfunction, disease, or |
|---|
| 22 | 15 | | disorder in the context of marriage or family systems and may |
|---|
| 23 | 16 | | include the use of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental |
|---|
| 24 | 17 | | Disorders and the International Classification of Diseases. The |
|---|
| 25 | 18 | | practice of marriage and family therapy does not constitute the |
|---|
| 26 | 19 | | practice of medicine and does not include prescribing medication, |
|---|
| 27 | 20 | | treating a physical disease, or providing any service outside the |
|---|
| 28 | 21 | | scope of practice of a licensed marriage and family therapist or a |
|---|
| 29 | 22 | | licensed marriage and family therapist associate. |
|---|
| 30 | 23 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
|---|
| 31 | 24 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
|---|
| 32 | 25 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
|---|
| 33 | 26 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
|---|
| 34 | 27 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
|---|
| 35 | | - | * * * * * |
|---|
| 28 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
|---|
| 29 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
|---|
| 30 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 2818 was passed by the House on May 4 |
|---|
| 31 | + | , |
|---|
| 32 | + | 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
|---|
| 33 | + | voting. |
|---|
| 34 | + | ______________________________ |
|---|
| 35 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
|---|
| 36 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 2818 was passed by the Senate on May |
|---|
| 37 | + | 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
|---|
| 38 | + | ______________________________ |
|---|
| 39 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
|---|
| 40 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
|---|
| 41 | + | Date |
|---|
| 42 | + | _____________________ |
|---|
| 43 | + | Governor |
|---|