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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the regulation of massage therapy. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 455.152, Occupations Code, as amended by |
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Chapters 13 (S.B. 483) and 440 (H.B. 2016), Acts of the 88th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is reenacted and amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 455.152. INELIGIBILITY FOR LICENSE. A person is not |
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eligible for a license as a massage establishment, massage school, |
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massage therapist, or massage therapy instructor if the person is |
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an individual and has been convicted of, entered a plea of nolo |
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contendere or guilty to, or received deferred adjudication for: |
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(1) an offense under Chapter 20A, Penal Code [Section |
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22.011 or 22.021 Penal Code], or Section 22.011, 22.012, 22.021, |
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43.021, 43.03, 43.031, 43.04, 43.041, or 43.05, Penal Code; or |
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(2) an offense under federal law or the laws of another |
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state containing elements that are substantially similar to the |
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elements of an offense described by Subdivision (1). |
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SECTION 2. Section 455.251(b), Occupations Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The commission or executive director shall revoke the |
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license of a person licensed as a massage therapist or massage |
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therapy instructor if: |
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(1) the person is convicted of, enters a plea of nolo |
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contendere or guilty to, or receives deferred adjudication for[: |
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[(A)] an offense described by Section 455.152 |
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[under Chapter 20A, Penal Code, or Section 43.021, 43.03, 43.031, |
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43.04, 43.041, or 43.05, Penal Code; or |
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[(B) an offense under federal law or the laws of |
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another state containing elements that are substantially similar to |
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the elements of an offense described by Paragraph (A)]; or |
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(2) the commission or executive director determines |
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the person has practiced or administered massage therapy at or for a |
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sexually oriented business. |
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SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall |
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adopt rules necessary to implement Sections 455.152 and 455.251, |
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Occupations Code, as amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |