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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to allowing staff who work for or provide counseling under |
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the auspices of a licensed outpatient chemical dependency care |
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facility to provide services in satellite offices or facilities |
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that do not require separate licensures, but operate instead under |
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the license of the sponsoring organization. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 464.003, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subdivision 464.003(9) to read as follows: |
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Section 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 Chapter 241, |
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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 health |
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practitioner who personally renders private individual or |
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group services within the scope of the practitioner's |
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license and in the practitioner's office; |
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(6) an individual who personally provides counseling or support |
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services to a person with a chemical dependency but does |
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not offer or purport to offer a chemical dependency |
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treatment program; |
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(7) a 12-step or similar self-help chemical dependency recovery |
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program: |
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(A) that does not offer or purport to offer a chemical |
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dependency treatment program; |
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(B) that does not change program participants; and |
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(C) in which program participants may maintain anonymity; |
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(8) a juvenile justice facility or juvenile justice program, as |
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defined by Section 261.405, Family Code; or |
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(9) a satellite office or location in which the person |
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providing services operating under the auspices of a |
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licensed outpatient care facility and the services |
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delivered at the satellite site fall into the scope of the |
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licensure of the outpatient care facility. |
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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 members election 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. |