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.