| 1 | 1 | | By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 2268 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to allowing staff who work for or provide counseling under |
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| 7 | 7 | | the auspices of a licensed outpatient chemical dependency care |
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| 8 | 8 | | facility to provide services in satellite offices or facilities |
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| 9 | 9 | | that do not require separate licensures, but operate instead under |
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| 10 | 10 | | the license of the sponsoring organization. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 464.003, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Subdivision 464.003(9) to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Section 464.003. EXEMPTIONS. This subchapter does not apply |
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| 15 | 15 | | to: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) a facility maintained or operated by the federal |
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| 17 | 17 | | government; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) a facility directly operated by the state; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (3) a facility licensed by the department under Chapter 241, |
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| 20 | 20 | | 243, 248, 466, or 577; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (4) an educational program for intoxicated drivers; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (5) the individual office of a private, licensed health |
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| 23 | 23 | | practitioner who personally renders private individual or |
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| 24 | 24 | | group services within the scope of the practitioner's |
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| 25 | 25 | | license and in the practitioner's office; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (6) an individual who personally provides counseling or support |
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| 27 | 27 | | services to a person with a chemical dependency but does |
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| 28 | 28 | | not offer or purport to offer a chemical dependency |
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| 29 | 29 | | treatment program; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (7) a 12-step or similar self-help chemical dependency recovery |
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| 31 | 31 | | program: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (A) that does not offer or purport to offer a chemical |
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| 33 | 33 | | dependency treatment program; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (B) that does not change program participants; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | (C) in which program participants may maintain anonymity; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (8) a juvenile justice facility or juvenile justice program, as |
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| 37 | 37 | | defined by Section 261.405, Family Code; or |
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| 38 | 38 | | (9) a satellite office or location in which the person |
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| 39 | 39 | | providing services operating under the auspices of a |
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| 40 | 40 | | licensed outpatient care facility and the services |
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| 41 | 41 | | delivered at the satellite site fall into the scope of the |
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| 42 | 42 | | licensure of the outpatient care facility. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 44 | 44 | | a vote of two-thirds of all members election to each house, as |
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| 45 | 45 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 46 | 46 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 47 | 47 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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