1-1 By: Harris of Tarrant S.B. No. 351
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 15, 1993; February 16, 1993,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human
1-4 Services; March 2, 1993, reported favorably, as amended, by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 2, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Zaffirini x
1-9 Ellis x
1-10 Madla x
1-11 Moncrief x
1-12 Nelson x
1-13 Patterson x
1-14 Shelley x
1-15 Truan x
1-16 Wentworth x
1-17 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Wentworth
1-18 Amend S.B. No. 351 as follows:
1-19 (1) On line , substitute "1994" for "1995."
1-20 (2) On line , after the word "institution" add "or
1-21 nationally accredited institution."
1-22 (3) Add the following appropriately numbered section:
1-23 SECTION ____. Subsection (b), Section 17, Chapter 824, Acts
1-24 of the 72nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1991, is amended to read
1-25 as follows:
1-26 (b) A person is eligible to apply for a license if the
1-27 person:
1-28 (1) is at least 18 years of age;
1-29 (2) holds a master's or doctorate degree in marriage
1-30 and family therapy or a master's or doctorate degree in a related
1-31 mental health field with coursework and training determined by the
1-32 board to be substantially equivalent to a graduate degree in
1-33 marriage and family therapy from a regionally accredited
1-34 institution or nationally accredited institution of higher
1-35 education or an institution of higher education approved by the
1-36 board;
1-37 (3) after receipt of a degree meeting the requirements
1-38 of Subdivision (2) of this subsection, has completed two years of
1-39 work experience in marriage and family therapist services that
1-40 must:
1-41 (A) include at least 1,000 hours of direct
1-42 clinical services to individuals, couples, or families, of which at
1-43 least 500 hours must be direct clinical services to couples or
1-44 families; and
1-45 (B) be supervised in a manner acceptable to the
1-46 board, including at least 200 hours of supervision of the provision
1-47 of direct clinical services by the applicant of which at least 100
1-48 hours must be supervised on an individual basis;
1-49 (4) is of good moral character;
1-50 (5) has not been convicted of a felony or a crime
1-51 involving moral turpitude;
1-52 (6) does not use drugs or alcohol to an extent that
1-53 affects the applicant's professional competency;
1-54 (7) has not had a license or certification revoked by
1-55 a licensing agency or by a certifying professional organization;
1-56 and
1-57 (8) has not been guilty of fraud or deceit in making
1-58 the application.
1-59 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-60 AN ACT
1-61 relating to the requirements for a license without an examination
1-62 for certain marriage and family therapists.
1-63 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-64 SECTION 1. Subsections (b) and (c), Section 30, Chapter 824,
1-65 Acts of the 72nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1991, are amended to
1-66 read as follows:
1-67 (b) The board may issue a license, without requiring an
1-68 examination, to a person who:
2-1 (1) applies to the board not later than September 1,
2-2 1995 <1993>;
2-3 (2) is at least 18 years old;
2-4 (3) has submitted a completed application as required
2-5 by the board, accompanied by the application fee;
2-6 (4) is of good moral character;
2-7 (5) has at least three years of clinical experience in
2-8 the practice of marriage and family therapy, under supervision
2-9 satisfactory to the board; and
2-10 (6) possesses the education or certification specified
2-11 in Subsection (c) of this section.
2-12 (c) To be eligible for a license without examination under
2-13 this section a person must:
2-14 (1) hold a master's or doctorate degree from a
2-15 regionally accredited institution of higher education or from an
2-16 institution of higher education approved by the board in:
2-17 (A) marriage and family therapy; or
2-18 (B) a related mental health discipline;
2-19 (2) be licensed or certified by this state in a mental
2-20 health discipline; or
2-21 (3) be certified by an appropriate professional
2-22 organization having appropriate certification standards.
2-23 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
2-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-25 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-26 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-27 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-28 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-29 passage, and it is so enacted.
2-30 * * * * *
2-31 Austin,
2-32 Texas
2-33 March 2, 1993
2-34 Hon. Bob Bullock
2-35 President of the Senate
2-36 Sir:
2-37 We, your Committee on Health and Human Services to which was
2-38 referred S.B. No. 351, have had the same under consideration, and I
2-39 am instructed to report it back to the Senate with the
2-40 recommendation that it do pass, as amended, and be printed.
2-41 Zaffirini,
2-42 Chair
2-43 * * * * *
2-44 WITNESSES
2-45 FOR AGAINST ON
2-46 ___________________________________________________________________
2-47 Name: Karen Bird x
2-48 Representing:
2-49 City: Austin
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2-51 Name: Thomas A. Milholland, Ph.D. x
2-52 Representing: Board Marriage/Family Therap
2-53 City: Austin
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