Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1		-	By: Watson, et al. S.B. No. 2001
2		-	(Coleman)
	1	+	By: Watson, Hughes S.B. No. 2001
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5	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	5		AN ACT
7	6		relating to the conduct that constitutes the practice of
8	7		psychology.
9	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	9		SECTION 1. Section 501.003, Occupations Code, is amended to
11	10		read as follows:
12	11		Sec. 501.003. DEFINITION: PRACTICE OF PSYCHOLOGY. (a) In
13	12		this chapter:
14	13		(1) "Practice of psychology" means:
15	14		(A) the observation, description, diagnosis,
16	15		evaluation, assessment, interpretation, or treatment of and
17	16		intervention in human behavior by applying education, training,
18	17		methods, and procedures for the purpose of:
19	18		(i) preventing, predicting, treating,
20	19		remediating, or eliminating:
21	20		(a) symptomatic, maladaptive, or
22	21		undesired behavior;
23	22		(b) emotional, interpersonal,
24	23		learning, substance use, neuropsychological, cognitive, or
25	24		behavioral disorders or disabilities, including those that
26	25		accompany medical problems; or
27	26		(c) mental illness;
28	27		(ii) evaluating, assessing, or
29	28		facilitating, by a license holder or a person who represents the
30	29		person to the public by a title or description of services that
31	30		includes the word "psychological," "psychologist," or
32	31		"psychology," the enhancement of individual, group, or
33	32		organizational effectiveness, including evaluating, assessing, or
34	33		facilitating:
35	34		(a) personal effectiveness;
36	35		(b) adaptive behavior;
37	36		(c) interpersonal relationships;
38	37		(d) academic, vocational, and life
39	38		adjustment;
40	39		(e) health; or
41	40		(f) individual, group, or
42	41		organizational performance;
43	42		(iii) providing psychological,
44	43		neuropsychological, and psychoeducational evaluation, therapy, and
45	44		remediation as well as counseling, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy,
46	45		hypnosis, and biofeedback; or
47	46		(iv) consulting with others, including
48	47		other mental health professionals, physicians, school personnel,
49	48		or organizations within the scope of the provider's competency and
50	49		training with respect to services provided for a specific
51	50		individual; or
52	51		(B) the supervision of an activity or service
53	52		described by Paragraph (A).
54	53		(2) "Psychological [section, "psychological]
55	54		services" means acts or behaviors that are included within the
56	55		purview of the practice of psychology.
57	56		(b) A person is engaged in the practice of psychology
58	57		[within the meaning of this chapter] if the person:
59	58		(1) when providing or offering to provide
60	59		psychological services to another in a professional relationship,
61	60		represents the person to the public by a title or description of
62	61		services that includes the word "psychological," "psychologist,"
63	62		or "psychology";
64	63		(2) provides or offers to provide psychological
65	64		services to individuals, groups, organizations, or the public in a
66	65		professional relationship;
67	66		(3) is a psychologist or psychological associate
68	67		employed as described by Section 501.004(a)(1) who offers or
69	68		provides psychological services, other than lecture services, to
70	69		the public for consideration separate from the salary that person
71	70		receives for performing the person's regular duties; or
72	71		(4) is employed as a psychologist or psychological
73	72		associate by an organization that sells psychological services,
74	73		other than lecture services, to the public for consideration.
75	74		(c) A person is not engaged in the [The] practice of
76	75		psychology based solely on the person offering, regardless of
77	76		whether the person is solicited, advice, counsel, or guidance
78	77		addressing or affecting the mental, emotional, or behavioral health
79	78		of another, if the person does not represent that the person is
80	79		licensed under this chapter or engaged in the delivery of
81	80		psychological services and does not represent that the advice,
82	81		counsel, or guidance is psychological in nature, and:
83	82		(1) the advice, counsel, or guidance is not offered in
84	83		the context of a professional relationship;
85	84		(2) if the person is offering the advice, counsel, or
86	85		guidance in connection with the person's occupation, the primary
87	86		focus of the occupation is not the delivery of mental, emotional, or
88	87		behavioral health care services; or
89	88		(3) the advice, counsel, or guidance is offered
90	89		through an organized or structured program or peer support service
91	90		that is designed to support or assist a person with a
92	91		self-identified goal of changing or improving certain aspects of
93	92		the person's mental, emotional, or behavioral health [includes
94	93		providing or offering to provide services to an individual or
95	94		group, including providing computerized procedures, that include
96	95		the application of established principles, methods, and procedures
97	96		of describing, explaining, and ameliorating behavior;
98	97		[(2) addresses normal behavior and involves
99	98		evaluating, preventing, and remediating psychological, emotional,
100	99		mental, interpersonal, learning, and behavioral disorders of
101	100		individuals or groups, as well as the psychological disorders that
102	101		accompany medical problems, organizational structures, stress, and
103	102		health;
104	103		[(3) includes:
105	104		[(A) using projective techniques,
106	105		neuropsychological testing, counseling, career counseling,
107	106		psychotherapy, hypnosis for health care purposes, hypnotherapy,
108	107		and biofeedback; and
109	108		[(B) evaluating and treating mental or emotional
110	109		disorders and disabilities by psychological techniques and
111	110		procedures; and
112	111		[(4) is based on:
113	112		[(A) a systematic body of knowledge and
114	113		principles acquired in an organized program of graduate study; and
115	114		[(B) the standards of ethics established by the
116	115		profession].
117	116		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.