87R2644 BEE-F
By: Raney H.B. No. 1697
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of sex offender treatment by certain
physicians and psychologists.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 110.301(c), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) This section does not apply to:
(1) a physician whose treatment of a sex offender is
limited to prescribing medication to the sex offender; or
(2) a person who is licensed in this state to practice
as a physician or psychologist and has completed:
(A) at least 24 hours of training in the specific
area of sex offender assessment and treatment; and
(B) at least eight hours of continuing education
training in the specific area of sex offender assessment and
treatment during each 12-month period in which the physician or
psychologist provides sex offender treatment or acts as a sex
offender treatment provider.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.