Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R10766 DIO-D
2	2	By: Miles S.B. No. 1493
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the licensing in this state of a person licensed in
8	8	another jurisdiction to practice marriage and family therapy or
9	9	professional counseling.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 502, Occupations Code, is
12	12	amended by adding Section 502.262 to read as follows:
13	13	Sec. 502.262. LICENSE BY ENDORSEMENT. (a) The executive
14	14	council shall issue a marriage and family therapist license or a
15	15	marriage and family therapist associate license, as applicable, to
16	16	an applicant who holds a current, unrestricted license in another
17	17	jurisdiction that maintains licensing requirements that are
18	18	substantially equivalent to the requirements under this chapter.
19	19	An applicant for a license under this section must:
20	20	(1) present proof to the executive council that the
21	21	applicant is licensed in good standing as a marriage and family
22	22	therapist or marriage and family therapist associate, as
23	23	applicable, in that jurisdiction;
24	24	(2) provide to the executive council information
25	25	regarding the status of any other professional license that the
26	26	applicant holds or has held in this state or another jurisdiction;
27	27	(3) present proof to the executive council that the
28	28	applicant has passed a jurisprudence examination required by the
29	29	executive council;
30	30	(4) meet the qualifications required by Section
31	31	502.252;
32	32	(5) not have committed an act that is grounds for
33	33	disciplinary action under Section 502.351;
34	34	(6) submit to the executive council a current
35	35	photograph that meets the requirements for a United States
36	36	passport; and
37	37	(7) meet any additional requirements provided by
38	38	executive council rule.
39	39	(b) The executive council shall adopt rules for issuing a
40	40	provisional license under Section 502.259 to an applicant for a
41	41	license by endorsement who encounters a delay that is outside the
42	42	applicant's control in submitting to the executive council the
43	43	documentation required by this section.
44	44	SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 503, Occupations Code, is
45	45	amended by adding Section 503.315 to read as follows:
46	46	Sec. 503.315. LICENSE BY ENDORSEMENT. (a) The executive
47	47	council shall issue a professional counselor license to an
48	48	applicant who holds a current, unrestricted license in another
49	49	jurisdiction that maintains licensing requirements that are
50	50	substantially equivalent to the requirements under this chapter.
51	51	An applicant for a license under this section must:
52	52	(1) present proof to the executive council that the
53	53	applicant is licensed in good standing as a professional counselor
54	54	in that jurisdiction;
55	55	(2) provide to the executive council information
56	56	regarding the status of any other professional license that the
57	57	applicant holds or has held in this state or another jurisdiction;
58	58	(3) present proof to the executive council that the
59	59	applicant has passed a jurisprudence examination required by the
60	60	executive council;
61	61	(4) meet the qualifications required by Section
62	62	503.302;
63	63	(5) not have committed an act that is grounds for
64	64	disciplinary action under Section 503.401;
65	65	(6) submit to the executive council a current
66	66	photograph that meets the requirements for a United States
67	67	passport; and
68	68	(7) meet any additional requirements provided by
69	69	executive council rule.
70	70	(b) The executive council shall adopt rules for issuing a
71	71	provisional license under Section 503.310 to an applicant for a
72	72	license by endorsement who encounters a delay that is outside the
73	73	applicant's control in submitting to the executive council the
74	74	documentation required by this section.
75	75	SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2023, the Texas
76	76	Behavioral Health Executive Council shall adopt the rules necessary
77	77	to implement the changes in law made by this Act.
78	78	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.