Amend HB 3479 as follows:
      (1)  Following SECTION 2 of the bill (Senate committee
printing, page 1, between lines 61 and 62) insert the following:
      SECTION 3.  Section 22.011(c), Penal Code, is amended by
adding Subdivision (4) to read as follows:
            (4)  "Mental health services provider" means an
individual, licensed or unlicensed, who performs or purports to
perform mental health services, including a:
                  (A)  licensed social worker as defined by Section
50.001, Human Resources Code;
                  (B)  chemical dependency counselor as defined by
Section 1, Chapter 635, Acts of the 72nd Legislature, Regular
Session, 1991 (Article 4512o, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);
                  (C)  licensed professional counselor as defined
by Section 2, Licensed Professional Counselor Act (Article 4512g,
Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);
                  (D)  licensed marriage and family therapist as
defined by Section 2, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Act
(Article 4512c-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);
                  (E)  member of the clergy;
                  (F)  psychologist offering psychological services
as defined by Section 2, Psychologists' Licensing Act (Article
4512c, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); or
                  (G)  special officer for mental health assignment
certified under Section 415.037, Government Code.
      (4)  Following SECTION 4 of the bill (Senate committee
printing, page 2, between lines 9 and 10), insert the following
appropriately numbered SECTION:
      SECTION ____.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act to
Section 22.011, Penal Code, applies only to an offense committed on
or after the effective date of this Act.  For purposes of this
section, an offense is committed before the effective date of this
Act if any element of the offense occurs before the effective date.
      (b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this
Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for this purpose.
      (3)  Renumber SECTIONS of the bill appropriately.