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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the provision of sex offender treatment by certain |
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physicians and psychologists. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 110.301(c), Occupations Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(c) This section does not apply to: |
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(1) a physician whose treatment of a sex offender is |
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limited to prescribing medication to the sex offender; or |
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(2) a person who is licensed in this state to practice |
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as a physician or psychologist and has completed: |
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(A) at least 24 hours of training in the specific |
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area of sex offender assessment and treatment; and |
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(B) at least eight hours of continuing education |
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training in the specific area of sex offender assessment and |
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treatment during each 12-month period in which the physician or |
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psychologist provides sex offender treatment or acts as a sex |
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offender treatment provider. |
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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, 2019. |