80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 155, Chapter 1373 Page: 2 of 35
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S.B. No. 155
1 (6) [4-3a] "Counselor intern" means a person
2 registered with the department [co-mission] in accordance with
3 Section 504.1515.
4 (7) "Department" means the Department of State Health
5 Services.
6 (8) "Executive commissioner" means the executive
7 commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
8 (9) "Peer assistance program" means a program approved
9 by the department under Section 504.057.
10 (10) [( 4 1) "Ecutiv director" mn th cutive
11 director of the Texas Comrission or Aohol and Drug Abuer.
12 [4-5#] "Person" means an individual, corporation,
13 partnership, association, or other business or professional
14 entity.
15 (11) [(-)] "Practice of chemical dependency
16 counseling" means providing or offering to provide chemical
17 dependency counseling services involving the application of the
18 principles, methods, and procedures of the chemical dependency
19 counseling profession.
20 SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 504.002, Occupations
21 Code, is amended to read as follows:
22 (b) This chapter does not apply to an activity or service of
23 a person who:
24 (1) is employed as a counselor by a federal
25 institution and is providing chemical dependency counseling within
26 the scope of the person's employment;
27 (2) except as provided by Section 504.1515 [5-04--.05-71,2
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Texas. Legislature. Senate. 80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 155, Chapter 1373, legislative document, June 15, 2007; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth155717/m1/2/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.