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| 1 | 1 | 87R2644 BEE-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Raney H.B. No. 1697 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the provision of sex offender treatment by certain | |
| 8 | 8 | physicians and psychologists. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 110.301(c), Occupations Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (c) This section does not apply to: | |
| 13 | 13 | (1) a physician whose treatment of a sex offender is | |
| 14 | 14 | limited to prescribing medication to the sex offender; or | |
| 15 | 15 | (2) a person who is licensed in this state to practice | |
| 16 | 16 | as a physician or psychologist and has completed: | |
| 17 | 17 | (A) at least 24 hours of training in the specific | |
| 18 | 18 | area of sex offender assessment and treatment; and | |
| 19 | 19 | (B) at least eight hours of continuing education | |
| 20 | 20 | training in the specific area of sex offender assessment and | |
| 21 | 21 | treatment during each 12-month period in which the physician or | |
| 22 | 22 | psychologist provides sex offender treatment or acts as a sex | |
| 23 | 23 | offender treatment provider. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 25 | 25 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 26 | 26 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 28 | 28 | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |