Bill Text: TX HB1131 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the requirement that a person obtain a dyslexia therapist license.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-28 - Referred to Public Health [HB1131 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1131-Introduced.html
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| By: Miller | H.B. No. 1131 | |
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| relating to the requirement that a person obtain a dyslexia | ||
| therapist license. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 403, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 403.004 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 403.004. EXEMPTION FROM LICENSING REQUIREMENT FOR | ||
| SUPERVISED ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES. Section 403.101(b) does not | ||
| apply to the activities and services of a person who is completing | ||
| supervised clinical experience as required by Section | ||
| 403.105(a)(3), to the extent that the activities and services | ||
| satisfy the requirements of Section 403.105(b). | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 403.101, Occupations Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 403.101. LICENSE REQUIRED. (a) A person may not use | ||
| the title "licensed dyslexia practitioner" or "licensed dyslexia | ||
| therapist" in this state unless the person holds the appropriate | ||
| license under this chapter. | ||
| (b) A person may not provide multisensory structured | ||
| language education or dyslexia therapy services outside of an | ||
| educational setting, including a school, learning center, or | ||
| clinic, unless the person holds a licensed dyslexia therapist | ||
| license. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 403, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 403.111 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 403.111. TEMPORARY DYSLEXIA THERAPIST LICENSE. (a) | ||
| The department shall issue a temporary dyslexia therapist license | ||
| to an applicant who satisfies all eligibility requirements under | ||
| Section 403.105, other than the education required by Section | ||
| 403.105(a)(1). | ||
| (b) A temporary license is valid until the earlier of: | ||
| (1) September 1, 2022; or | ||
| (2) the date on which the department issues a licensed | ||
| dyslexia therapist license to the applicant. | ||
| (c) The department shall issue a licensed dyslexia | ||
| therapist license to the holder of a temporary license under this | ||
| section if the temporary license holder satisfies the requirement | ||
| under Section 403.105(a)(1). | ||
| (d) This section expires January 1, 2023. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 403.151(b), Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (b) A licensed dyslexia therapist may practice in any [ |
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| SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| conduct that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| Conduct that occurs before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law in effect on the date the conduct occurred, and | ||
| the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 6. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this | ||
| section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| (b) Section 403.101(b), Occupations Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, takes effect January 1, 2018. | ||
