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AN ACT
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relating to the practice of marriage and family therapy. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 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, |
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diagnostic assessment, and remediation of mental, cognitive, |
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affective, behavioral, or relational dysfunction, disease, or |
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disorder in the context of marriage or family systems and may |
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include the use of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental |
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Disorders and the International Classification of Diseases. The |
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practice of marriage and family therapy does not constitute the |
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practice of medicine and does not include prescribing medication, |
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treating a physical disease, or providing any service outside the |
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scope of practice of a licensed marriage and family therapist or a |
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licensed marriage and family therapist associate. |
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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 vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2818 was passed by the House on May 4 |
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2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2818 was passed by the Senate on May |
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24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |