73R109 MLR-D By Hunter of Taylor H.B. No. 125 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to fees paid by certain psychologists. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 16B, Psychologists' Certification and 1-5 Licensing Act (Article 4512c, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is 1-6 amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: 1-7 (c) A psychologist is exempt from this section if the 1-8 psychologist's services and use of official title are within the 1-9 scope of that psychologist's employment as exempted by Section 1-10 22(a) of this Act. 1-11 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993, and 1-12 applies only to fees that become due on or after that date. 1-13 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-18 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 1-19 Amend Section 16B, Psychologists' Certification and Licensing 1-20 Act, subsection (c) by adding, after the word "Act": 1-21 "unless the psychologist offers or provides psychological services 1-22 to the public for a fee in addition to the salary that the 1-23 psychologist receives from his employment as exempted by Section 1-24 22(a)." 2-1 The amended section should read: 2-2 (c) A psychologist is exempt from this section if the 2-3 psychologist's services and use of official title are within the 2-4 scope of that psychologist's employment as exempted by Section 2-5 22(a) of this Act unless the psychologist offers or provides 2-6 psychological services to the public for a fee in addition to the 2-7 salary that the psychologist receives from his employment as 2-8 exempted by Section 22(a). 2-9 Alexander