Bill Text: TX HB1049 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the classification of licensed massage therapy programs as postsecondary education programs.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2015-06-16 - Effective immediately [HB1049 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1049-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1049 | ||
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| relating to the classification of licensed massage therapy programs | ||
| as postsecondary education programs. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 455.203, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) The course of instruction in massage therapy provided by | ||
| a licensed massage school is a postsecondary education program. | ||
| (f) A massage school that provides instruction to persons | ||
| beyond the age of compulsory education is authorized to operate | ||
| educational programs in massage therapy at the postsecondary level. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
| 455.203, Occupations Code, does not confer any new or additional | ||
| regulatory authority on the Department of State Health Services or | ||
| prescribe any new or additional requirements for massage schools | ||
| licensed under Chapter 455, Occupations Code. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1049 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 1, 3 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1049 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
