Bill Text: TX HB787 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to a study on the state certification of music therapists.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-3)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-16 - Received from the House [HB787 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB787-Engrossed.html
86R8032 JCG-D | ||
By: Davis of Harris, Gutierrez, Bailes, | H.B. No. 787 | |
Sheffield, Smithee, et al. |
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relating to a study on the state certification of music therapists. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: | ||
(1) "Advisory council" means the Advisory Council on | ||
Music Therapy. | ||
(2) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services | ||
Commission. | ||
(3) "Music therapist" means a person who has completed | ||
an approved music therapy program and holds a certification by the | ||
Certification Board for Music Therapists to practice music therapy | ||
or provide music therapy services to a client for compensation. | ||
(4) "Music therapy" means the clinical and | ||
evidence-based use of music interventions by a music therapist to | ||
accomplish individualized goals for persons who are in a | ||
therapeutic relationship with the music therapist. The use of | ||
music interventions may include music improvisation, receptive | ||
music listening, songwriting, lyric discussion, music and imagery, | ||
singing, music performance, learning through music, music combined | ||
with other arts, music-assisted relaxation, music-based patient | ||
education, electronic music technology, adapted music | ||
intervention, and movement to music. The practice of music therapy | ||
does not include the diagnosis or assessment of any physical, | ||
mental, or communication disorder. | ||
SECTION 2. ADVISORY COUNCIL ON MUSIC THERAPY. (a) The | ||
Advisory Council on Music Therapy is created to conduct a study on | ||
the need for state recognition of music therapists. | ||
(b) Subject to Subsections (c) and (d) of this section, the | ||
advisory council consists of nine members appointed by the governor | ||
as follows: | ||
(1) two members who are music therapists in this | ||
state; | ||
(2) one member who is a music therapist in this state | ||
and represents an institution of higher education, as defined by | ||
Section 61.003, Education Code, that has a music therapy program; | ||
(3) one member who is a physician licensed in this | ||
state who specializes in critical care; | ||
(4) one member who is a social worker or professional | ||
counselor licensed in this state; | ||
(5) one member who is a special education | ||
administrator for a school district; | ||
(6) one member who employs one or more music | ||
therapists; | ||
(7) one member who is a client, or a representative of | ||
a client, of a music therapist and has received music therapy | ||
services; and | ||
(8) one member who is: | ||
(A) a speech-language pathologist licensed in | ||
this state; | ||
(B) a physical therapist licensed in this state; | ||
or | ||
(C) an occupational therapist licensed in this | ||
state. | ||
(c) The lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of | ||
representatives shall each submit to the governor a list of | ||
candidates who meet the qualifications for appointment under | ||
Subsection (b) of this section. The candidates must represent | ||
different racial, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds. | ||
(d) Not later than the 90th day after the effective date of | ||
this Act, the governor shall appoint the nine members to the | ||
advisory council from the list of candidates submitted under | ||
Subsection (c) of this section. | ||
(e) The members of the advisory council shall designate a | ||
member of the advisory council to serve as presiding officer. | ||
(f) A member of the advisory council may not receive | ||
compensation for service on the advisory council. | ||
(g) The commission shall provide administrative and staff | ||
support for the advisory council. | ||
(h) The advisory council shall study the core competencies | ||
of a music therapist, including the skills and areas of knowledge | ||
that are essential to bringing about expanded health and wellness | ||
in diverse communities and reducing health disparities. The core | ||
competencies of a music therapist may also include basic knowledge | ||
of: | ||
(1) materials used to educate the public regarding | ||
music therapist certification; | ||
(2) the benefits of music therapy; | ||
(3) the use of music therapy by individuals and in | ||
facilities or institutional settings; | ||
(4) culturally competent communication and care; | ||
(5) the use of music therapy for behavior change; | ||
(6) the resources and support available from the | ||
American Music Therapy Association or its successor organization | ||
and the Certification Board for Music Therapists or its successor | ||
organization; | ||
(7) the educational and clinical training | ||
requirements for a music therapist; and | ||
(8) any continuing education requirements for a music | ||
therapist. | ||
(i) In conducting the study under Subsection (h) of this | ||
section, the advisory council shall consult with the American Music | ||
Therapy Association, the Certification Board for Music Therapists, | ||
and other experts as needed. | ||
SECTION 3. REPORT. (a) Not later than the second | ||
anniversary of the date of the advisory council's first meeting, | ||
the advisory council shall submit a report to the governor, the | ||
lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, | ||
the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, the House Public | ||
Health Committee, and the House Human Services Committee, or the | ||
successor to those committees, and the commission. | ||
(b) The report must include: | ||
(1) a summary of research regarding the best | ||
practices, curriculum, and training programs for music therapists | ||
and the need for quality and accredited training in providing music | ||
interventions related to health, recovery, and wellness; | ||
(2) recommendations regarding the need and | ||
feasibility of state certification of music therapists, including | ||
the impact of state certification on consumer access to music | ||
therapy services through state agencies, including the Texas | ||
Education Agency and the commission; | ||
(3) recommendations regarding procedures for the | ||
state certification of music therapists, including a system for the | ||
renewal of certifications and for the approval and accreditation of | ||
curriculum and training programs for music therapists; and | ||
(4) recommendations for best practices for | ||
third-party reimbursement options and other methods through which | ||
secure funding for music therapists may be obtained. | ||
(c) The commission shall publish the report on the | ||
commission's Internet website. | ||
SECTION 4. EXPIRATION DATE. The advisory council is | ||
abolished and this Act expires September 1, 2022. | ||
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September | ||
1, 2019. |