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
  85R5245 BEE-D
 
  By: Miller H.B. No. 1131
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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 [a
  school, learning center, clinic, or private practice] setting.
         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.
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