Amend CSHB 1386 by adding to the bill the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Subsection (b), Section 21.003, Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b)  Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, a [A] person may not be employed by a school district as an audiologist, occupational therapist, physical therapist, physician, nurse, school psychologist, associate school psychologist, marriage and family therapist, social worker, or speech language pathologist unless the person is licensed by the state agency that licenses that profession and[. A person] may perform specific services within those professions for a school district only if the person holds the appropriate credential from the appropriate state agency. As long as a person employed by a district before September 1, 2011, to perform marriage and family therapy, as defined by Section 502.002, Occupations Code, is employed by the same district, the person is not required to hold a license as a marriage and family therapist to perform marriage and family therapy with that district.

SECTION ____.  Section 502.004, Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 502.004.  APPLICATION OF CHAPTER. This chapter does not apply to:

(1)  the activities, within the scope of a person's employment, of a person employed to perform marriage and family therapy by a federal, state, county, or municipal agency or, except as provided by Section 21.003(b), Education Code, by a public or private educational institution[, if the activities are within the scope of the person's employment];

(2)  the activities of a student, intern, or trainee in marriage and family therapy in a recognized course of study in marriage and family therapy at an accredited institution of higher education or other training institution, if:

(A)  the activities constitute a part of the course of study; and

(B)  the person is called a "marriage and family therapist intern" or similar title;

(3)  the activities and services of a person licensed to practice another profession, including a physician, attorney, registered nurse, occupational therapist, psychologist, social worker, or licensed professional counselor; or

(4)  the activities and services of a recognized religious practitioner, including a pastoral counselor or Christian Science practitioner recognized by the Church of Christ Scientist as registered and published in the Christian Science Journal, if the practitioner practices marriage and family therapy in a manner consistent with the laws of this state.

SECTION ____.  As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the State Board for Educator Certification shall propose rules for the administration of Subsection (b), Section 21.003, Education Code, as amended by this Act.