By: Harris, Chris S.B. No. 351
73R3115 JMM-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the requirements for a license without an examination
1-3 for certain marriage and family therapists.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 30(b) and (c), Chapter 824, Acts of the
1-6 72nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1991, are amended to read as
1-7 follows:
1-8 (b) The board may issue a license, without requiring an
1-9 examination, to a person who:
1-10 (1) applies to the board not later than September 1,
1-11 1995 <1993>;
1-12 (2) is at least 18 years old;
1-13 (3) has submitted a completed application as required
1-14 by the board, accompanied by the application fee;
1-15 (4) is of good moral character;
1-16 (5) has at least three years of clinical experience in
1-17 the practice of marriage and family therapy, under supervision
1-18 satisfactory to the board; and
1-19 (6) possesses the education or certification specified
1-20 in Subsection (c) of this section.
1-21 (c) To be eligible for a license without examination under
1-22 this section a person must:
1-23 (1) hold a master's or doctorate degree from a
1-24 regionally accredited institution of higher education or from an
2-1 institution of higher education approved by the board in:
2-2 (A) marriage and family therapy; or
2-3 (B) a related mental health discipline;
2-4 (2) be licensed or certified by this state in a mental
2-5 health discipline; or
2-6 (3) be certified by an appropriate professional
2-7 organization having appropriate certification standards.
2-8 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
2-9 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-10 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-11 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-12 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-13 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-14 passage, and it is so enacted.