Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1		-	S.B. No. 1130
	1	+	By: Hancock S.B. No. 1130
	2	+	(Geren)
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to the provision of certain massage therapy instruction
6	8		using distance learning.
7	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	10		SECTION 1. Section 455.156, Occupations Code, is amended by
9	11		amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
10	12		follows:
11	13		(b) An applicant for a license under this section must be an
12	14		individual and:
13	15		(1) present evidence satisfactory to the department
14	16		that the person has satisfactorily completed massage therapy
15	17		studies in a 500-hour minimum, supervised course of instruction in
16	18		a manner provided by Subsection (c) [provided by a massage therapy
17	19		instructor at a massage school, a licensed massage school, a
18	20		state-approved educational institution, or any combination of
19	21		instructors or schools], in which at least:
20	22		(A) 200 hours are taught by a licensed massage
21	23		therapy instructor and dedicated to the study of massage therapy
22	24		techniques and theory and the practice of manipulation of soft
23	25		tissue, with at least 125 hours dedicated to the study of Swedish
24	26		massage therapy techniques;
25	27		(B) 50 hours are dedicated to the study of
26	28		anatomy;
27	29		(C) 25 hours are dedicated to the study of
28	30		physiology;
29	31		(D) 50 hours are dedicated to the study of
30	32		kinesiology;
31	33		(E) 40 hours are dedicated to the study of
32	34		pathology;
33	35		(F) 20 hours are dedicated to the study of
34	36		hydrotherapy;
35	37		(G) 45 hours are dedicated to the study of
36	38		massage therapy laws and rules, business practices, and
37	39		professional ethics standards;
38	40		(H) 20 hours are dedicated to the study of
39	41		health, hygiene, first aid, universal precautions, and
40	42		cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); and
41	43		(I) 50 hours are spent in an internship program;
42	44		(2) pass the required examinations; and
43	45		(3) be at least 18 years of age.
44	46		(c) The hours of instruction required by Subsection (b) must
45	47		be provided by a massage therapy instructor at a massage school,
46	48		licensed massage school, state-approved educational institution,
47	49		or any combination of instructors or schools. The hours of
48	50		instruction required by Subsections (b)(1)(B)-(H) may be provided
49	51		using distance learning. Distance learning is not limited to live
50	52		instruction.
51	53		SECTION 2. An applicant for a massage therapist license may
52	54		satisfy the requirements of Sections 455.156(b)(1)(B)-(H),
53	55		Occupations Code, using distance learning as provided by Section
54	56		455.156(c), Occupations Code, as added by this Act, regardless of
55	57		whether the application is submitted before, on, or after the
56	58		effective date of this Act.
57	59		SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2021, the Texas
58	60		Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules necessary
59	61		to implement the changes in law made by this Act.
60	62		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
61	63		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
62	64		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
63	65		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
64	66		Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
65		-	______________________________ ______________________________
66		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
67		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1130 passed the Senate on
68		-	April 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
69		-	______________________________
70		-	Secretary of the Senate
71		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1130 passed the House on
72		-	May 11, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 9, two present
73		-	not voting.
74		-	______________________________
75		-	Chief Clerk of the House
76		-	Approved:
77		-	______________________________
78		-	Date
79		-	______________________________
80		-	Governor