05/13/2003 02:20 PM Senate L&C

           CSHB 135(HES)-MARITAL & FAMILY THERAPISTS                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR BUNDE  announced CSHB 135(HES)  to be up  for consideration                                                               
and  said the  last discussion  the committee  had was  about the                                                               
words "and/or".                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
MR. DAVID JACOBS, staff to  Representative Peggy Wilson, sponsor,                                                               
offered to answer questions.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR BUNDE  said that committee  members have a letter  from Mr.                                                               
Holman  who  suggested that  it  wasn't  necessary to  add  "and"                                                               
rather than  "or" to allow  a practitioner to use  discretion and                                                               
asked  if  there  was  any   more  public  discussion.  None  was                                                               
indicated.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR FRENCH  moved to  pass SCS  CSHB 135(L&C)  from committee                                                               
with  attached  fiscal   notes  and  individual  recommendations.                                                               
SENATORS  STEVENS, FRENCH,  DAVIS, and  BUNDE voted  yea and  the                                                               
motion carried.