By Jones of Dallas, Coleman, Tillery H.B. No. 2671
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2671:
By Hunter of Taylor C.S.H.B. No. 2671
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the licensing and regulation of the practice of art
1-3 therapy; providing a penalty
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. SCOPE OF ACT, ELIGIBILITY. This Act only applies
1-6 to a person who represents himself as a "registered art therapist"
1-7 or an "art therapy intern" within the meaning of this Act,
1-8 qualifies as a registered art therapist or art therapy intern as
1-9 defined in this act, possesses the education and training required
1-10 under Section 3 of this Act, and only to the extent the person is
1-11 engaged in the practice of art therapy as defined in this act.
1-12 SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act:
1-13 (1) "Registered art therapist" means a person who has
1-14 the authority to engage in the autonomous practice of art therapy
1-15 and who represents himself or herself to the public by any title or
1-16 description of services incorporating the words "art therapist,"
1-17 who offers to render professional art therapy services to
1-18 individuals, couples, families, groups, organizations,
1-19 corporations, institutions, government agencies, or the general
1-20 public for compensation, implying that he or she is registered and
1-21 trained, experienced, or expert in art therapy, and who is a
1-22 registered art therapist through the American Art Therapy
1-23 Association and may use the title "A.T.R." in the practice of art
1-24 therapy.
2-1 (2) "Art therapy intern" means a person who has
2-2 completed the education requirements and has entered into a
2-3 supervisory agreement with a registered art therapist to prepare
2-4 for registration under Section 3 of this Act.
2-5 (3) "Practice of art therapy" means the rendering to
2-6 individuals, families, or groups of services that use art media as
2-7 a means of expression and communication to promote perceptive,
2-8 intuitive, affective, and expressive experiences that alleviate
2-9 distress, reduce physical, emotional, behavorial, and social
2-10 impairment and lead to growth or reintegration of one's
2-11 personality. Art therapy services include diagnostic evaluation,
2-12 development of patient treatment plans, goals and objectives, case
2-13 management services, therapeutic treatment and referral, but does
2-14 not include the use of projective techniques in the assessment of
2-15 personality.
2-16 SECTION 3. EDUCATION AND TRAINING. (a) To qualify as a
2-17 registered art therapist or an art therapy intern under this Act, a
2-18 person must have completed, as a minimum,
2-19 (1) a master's or doctoral degree in art therapy that
2-20 includes 600 hours of supervised internship experience from a
2-21 program accredited through the American Art Therapy Association; or
2-22 (2) a master's degree in a counseling related field, a
2-23 minimum of 21 semester hours of sequential course work in the
2-24 history, theory, and practice of art therapy, and 600 hours of
2-25 supervised internship experience from a program accredited through
2-26 the American Art Therapy Association.
2-27 (b) To qualify as a registered art therapist under this Act.
3-1 a person must have completed an additional 1,000 client contact
3-2 hours of postgraduate experience under supervision of a
3-3 psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, licensed professional
3-4 counselor, or nationally registered art therapist, beyond the
3-5 requirements in subsection (a)(1) of this section; or 2,000 client
3-6 contact hours of postgraduate experience under supervision of a
3-7 psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, licensed professional
3-8 counselor, or nationally registered art therapist beyond the
3-9 requirements in subsection (a)(2) of this section.
3-10 SECTION 4. EXEMPTIONS. A person who is a registered art
3-11 therapist or an art therapy intern as defined in this Act and is
3-12 engaged in the practice of art therapy as defined in and under the
3-13 limitations imposed by this Act is exempt from the licensing
3-14 requirements contained in Sections 21 and 22 of Article 4512c,
3-15 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, and Section 15 of Article 4512g,
3-16 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, only with respect to the practice of
3-17 art therapy, until January 1, 1998.
3-18 SECTION 5. EXPIRATION. This Act expires on January 1, 1998.
3-19 SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect on
3-20 September 1, 1995.
3-21 SECTION 7. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation
3-22 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three separate
3-25 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.