H.B. No. 1049
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  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:  _____________________
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            _____________________
                   Governor