Bill Text: TX SB802 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain notice and license display requirements applicable to massage therapy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-01 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB802 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB802-Introduced.html
| 86R8391 JCG-D | ||
| By: Rodríguez | S.B. No. 802 | |
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| relating to certain notice and license display requirements | ||
| applicable to massage therapy. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 455.204, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-1) The license of a massage therapist that is posted | ||
| under Subsection (b) must have a photograph of the massage | ||
| therapist attached to the front of the license. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 455, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 455.207 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 455.207. POSTING OF CERTAIN NOTICES REQUIRED. (a) | ||
| Each massage establishment and massage school shall display in the | ||
| form and manner prescribed by the commission a sign concerning | ||
| services and assistance available to victims of human trafficking. | ||
| (b) The sign required by this section must: | ||
| (1) be in English, Spanish, Korean, Mandarin, and any | ||
| other language required by commission rule; | ||
| (2) include a toll-free telephone number of a | ||
| nationally recognized information and referral hotline for victims | ||
| of human trafficking; and | ||
| (3) be displayed in a conspicuous place clearly | ||
| visible to the public. | ||
| (c) The commission by rule shall establish requirements | ||
| regarding the posting of signs under this section. | ||
| SECTION 3. Not later than November 1, 2019, the Texas | ||
| Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules necessary | ||
| to implement the changes in law made by this Act to Chapter 455, | ||
| Occupations Code. The commission may adopt the rules in the manner | ||
| provided by law for emergency rules under Chapter 2001, Government | ||
| Code. | ||
| SECTION 4. Each massage establishment and massage school, | ||
| as those terms are defined by Section 455.001, Occupations Code, | ||
| shall comply with Sections 455.204(b-1) and 455.207, Occupations | ||
| Code, as added by this Act, as applicable, not later than January 1, | ||
| 2020. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
