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AN ACT
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relating to a person's eligibility to obtain a license in social |
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work and to an exemption from the licensing requirement. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 505.003, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) A person who teaches social work at an institution of |
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higher education or a private or independent institution of higher |
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education as those terms are defined by Section 61.003, Education |
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Code, is not required to hold a license under this chapter to the |
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extent the person confines the person's activities to teaching and |
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does not otherwise engage in the practice of social work. |
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SECTION 2. Section 505.353(b), Occupations Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) An applicant may take the licensing examination |
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conducted by the board under Section 505.354 for: |
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(1) a master social worker license if the applicant |
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possesses a doctoral or master's degree in social work from a |
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graduate program that is accredited by or is in candidacy for |
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accreditation by the Council on Social Work Education; |
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(2) a baccalaureate social worker license if the |
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applicant possesses a baccalaureate degree in social work from an |
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educational program that is accredited by or is in candidacy for |
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accreditation by the Council on Social Work Education; or |
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(3) a clinical social worker license if the applicant |
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possesses a doctoral or master's degree in social work from an |
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accredited graduate program approved by the board and meets the |
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qualifications for clinical social work practice as determined by |
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the board under this chapter. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Section |
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505.353, Occupations Code, apply to a license for which an |
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application is filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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license application filed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the application was filed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1797 was passed by the House on May |
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11, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 2, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 1797 on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1797 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |