Texas HB4311

Each institution of higher education that offers a mental health professional degree program shall require students enrolled in the program to complete a course of instruction on reintegration therapy.

"Reintegration therapy" means therapeutic practices designed to assist an individual who has undergone or considered social or medical transition from the individual's sex, focusing on alleviating distress over the individual's sex and fostering reconciliation with the reality of biological sex.

The curriculum must cover: (1) alienation from self and resulting psychological impacts; (2) familial attention and strategies for reconciliation; (3) gender stereotypes and that stereotypes do not determine an individual's sex; (4) the binary reality of sex; (5) coping strategies for individuals who feel a loss of self due to attempts at social or medical transitioning; and (6) other topics as determined by the coordinating board related to the psychological, social, and medical implications of social or medical transitioning, including but not limited to the negative consequences of surgical intervention, puberty blockers or other hormones, binding, and tucking.

The executive council may not renew the license of a license holder who does not complete the training required by this section.