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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the licensing of satellite offices of outpatient |
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chemical dependency care facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Title 6, Subtitle B., Chapter 464 of the Health |
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and Safety Code is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 464.003. EXEMPTIONS. This subchapter does not apply |
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to: |
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(1) a facility maintained or operated by the federal |
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government; |
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(2) a facility directly operated by the state; |
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(3) a facility licensed by the department under |
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Chapter 241, 243, 248, 466, or 577; |
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(4) an educational program for intoxicated drivers; |
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(5) the individual office of a private, licensed |
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health care practitioner who personally renders private individual |
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or group services within the scope of the practitioner's license |
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and in the practitioner's office; |
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(6) an individual who personally provides counseling |
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or support services to a person with a chemical dependency but does |
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not offer or purport to offer a chemical dependency treatment |
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program; |
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(7) a 12-step or similar self-help chemical dependency |
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recovery program: |
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(A) that does not offer or purport to offer a |
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chemical dependency treatment program; |
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(B) that does not charge program participants; |
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and |
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(C) in which program participants may maintain |
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anonymity; or |
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(8) a juvenile justice facility or juvenile justice |
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program, as defined by Section 261.405, Family Code. |
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(9) a satellite office or location in which the person |
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providing services is operating under the auspices of a licensed |
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outpatient care facility and the services delivered at the |
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satellite site fall into the scope of the licensure of the |
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outpatient care facility. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |