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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to licensed marriage and family therapists. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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ECTION 1. Section 502.002(6), Occupations Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(6) "Marriage and family therapy" means providing |
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professional therapy services to individuals, families, or married |
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couples, alone or in groups, that involve applying family systems |
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theories and techniques. The term includes the evaluation and |
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remediation of cognitive, affective, behavioral, or relational |
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dysfunction in the context of marriage or family systems. including |
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utilization of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental |
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Disorders, the International Classification of Diseases and other |
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diagnostic classification systems and the billing codes therein, |
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for evaluation, classification, treatment, and other activities by |
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a person licensed under this chapter, in connection with any claim |
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for payment or reimbursement from a health insurance policy issuer |
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or any other payor. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the votes necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act take effect September 1, 2015. |