HB 122 — North Carolina Board of Integrative Therapies.

A member subject to disciplinary proceedings as a licensed integrativehealing therapiesarts professional shall be disqualified from participating in the official business of the BoardCommission until the charges have been resolved.

Any member of the BoardCommission may be removed from office by the Governor for good cause shown.

– A BoardCommission member may not receive compensation but may receive reimbursement as provided in G.S.

The officers of the BoardCommission shall include a chair, a secretary, and any other officers deemed necessary by the BoardCommission to carrycarryout out the purposes of this Article.

All officers shall be elected annually bybythe theCommission Board at its Page 2 House Bill 122-Second Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 first meeting held after appointments to the BoardCommission are made.

The BoardCommission shall hold a meeting within 45 days after the appointment of new BoardCommission members.

No person shall chair the BoardCommission for more than five consecutive years.

The BoardPage 2 House Bill 122-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 Commission may adopt rules governing the calling, holding, and conducting of regular and special meetings.

A majority of BoardCommission members present and voting constitutes a quorum, and no action may be taken without a quorum.

Powers of the Board.Commission.

The BoardCommission shall have the following powers and duties:

(3) Appoint and maintain advisory committees to fulfill the daily regulation of integrativehealing therapiesarts professions.

(4) Issue, renew, deny, suspend, or revoke IntegrativeHealing TherapiesArts Licenses, order probation, issue reprimands, and conduct any disciplinary actions authorized by this Article.

(5) Authorize expenditures deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this Article from fees paid to the BoardCommission pursuant to this Article.

(7) ConductinvestigationsforthepurposeofdiscoveringviolationsofthisArticleConductinvestigationsforthepurposeofdiscoveringviolationsofthis Article or grounds for disciplinary actions.

(a) All fees shall be payable to and deposited in the name of the BoardCommission in financial institutions designated by the BoardCommission as official depositories.

These fees shall be used to carryoutcarry out the purposes of this Article.

(b) Allsalaries,compensation,andexpensesincurredorallowedto carryoutthepurposes of this Article shall be paid by the BoardCommission exclusively out of the fees received by the BoardCommission as authorized by this Article or funds received from other sources.

(c) The BoardCommission shall establish fees for integrativehealing therapiesarts professions not exceeding the following amounts:

(1) Issuance of a North Carolina IntegrativeHealing TherapiesArts License.............$300.00License........................... (2) License application and examination.................................................$200.00 (3) North Carolina Integrative Therapies License renewal (annually)....$350.00 (4) Late renewal.......................................................................................$200.00.

$300.00 (2) License application and examination.................................................$200.00 (3) North Carolina Healing Arts License renewal (annually)..................$350.00 (4) Late renewal.......................................................................................$200.00.

House Bill 122-Second Edition Page 3 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 "§ 90-750.7.

House Bill 122-First Edition Page 3 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 As an additional remedy, the BoardCommission may proceed in superior court to enjoin and restrain any person from violating the prohibitions of this Article.

The BoardCommission shall not be required to post bond when seeking an injunction pursuant to this section.

IntegrativeHealing therapiesarts professions.

The following are the integrativehealing therapiesarts professions subject to this Article:

(1) ArtReflexologists. therapists.

ArtReflexology. Therapy.

ArtReflexology therapy as ana integrativehealing therapyarts profession.

It is the policy of this State that the practice of artreflexology therapy shall be considered ana integrativehealing therapyarts profession.

(1) ArtCertifying therapy.entity.

– AThe therapeuticAmerican professionReflexology thatCertification enrichesBoard the lives of individuals, families, and communities through active art-making, creative process, applied psychological theory, and human experience within a therapeutic relationship with the goal of restoring a client's functioning or senseits ofsuccessor. personal well-being.

(2) CertifyingCommittee. entity.

– The ArtNorth TherapyCarolina CredentialsReflexology BoardAdvisory orCommittee. its successor.

(3) Committee.National certification.

– The North Carolina Art Therapy Advisory Committee.

(4) National certification.

(5)(4) North Carolina Licensed ArtReflexologist. Therapist.

– An individual that (i) is registeredcertified by the certifying entityentityas as a registeredcertified artreflexologist therapist and (ii) has been issued a North Carolina IntegrativeHealing TherapiesArts License in artreflexology therapy by the Board.Commission.

(5) Reflexology.

– A protocol of manual techniques, including thumb- and finger-walking, hook and backup, and rotating-on-a-point, that are applied to specific reflex areas predominantly on the feet and hands and that stimulate the complex neural pathways linking body systems and support the body's efforts to function optimally.

The practice of reflexology is not massage and bodywork therapy as defined in Article 36 of this Chapter.

North Carolina ArtReflexology Therapy Advisory Committee.

– The North Carolina ArtReflexology Therapy Advisory Committee is created.

The initial Committee members shall be appointed on or before January 1, 2027,2026, as follows:

(1) The BoardCommission shall appoint from a list of names submitted by the North Carolina ArtReflexology Therapy Association or its successor two artreflexologists therapists eligible forforlicensureunderthisArticle.Onemembershallserveaninitialtermofthree licensureyears, underand thisone Article.member shall serve an initial term of two years.

One(2) memberThe Commission shall serveappoint an initial term of three years, and one public member who shall serve an initial term of twoone years.year.

(2) The Board shall appoint one public member who shall serve an initial term of one year.

– The initial artreflexologist therapist appointees shall be citizens of the United States and North Carolina residents for at least two years prior to appointment, certified by the certifying entity as ana artreflexologist, therapist, and eligible to obtain a North Carolina IntegrativeHealing TherapiesArts License ininreflexologyunderG.S. art therapy under G.S.

90-750.14.90-750.14.Uponappointment,eachinitialreflexologistappointeeshall immediately seek to obtain a North Carolina Healing Arts License in reflexology under this Article and shall remain in good standing with the Committee during the appointee's term.

UponPage appointment,4 eachHouse initialBill art122-First therapistEdition appointeeGeneral Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 Subsequent reflexologist appointees shall immediatelybe seekcitizens toof obtainthe aUnited States, residents of North CarolinaCarolina, IntegrativeNorth TherapiesCarolina LicenseLicensed inReflexologists, artand therapyappointed underby thisthe ArticleCommission andfrom shalla remainlist inof goodnames standingsupplied withby the CommitteeNorth duringCarolina theReflexology appointee'sAssociation term.or its successor.

Subsequent art therapy appointees shall be citizens of the United States, Page 4 House Bill 122-Second Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 residents of North Carolina, North Carolina Licensed Art Therapists, and appointed bythe Board from a list of names supplied by the North Carolina Art Therapy Association or its successor.

(1) An agent or employee trained or experienced in the practice of artreflexology. therapy.

(2) An agent or employee of a person engaged in the practice of artreflexology. therapy.

(3) A member of ana integrativehealing therapiesarts profession or a person enrolled in a program to become a member of ana integrativehealing therapiesarts profession.

(2) Make recommendations to the BoardCommission to adopt, amend, or repeal rules to administer and enforce this Part.

(3) Establish and determine qualification and fitness of applicants for a North Carolina IntegrativeHealing TherapiesArts License in artreflexology therapy under this Part.

(4) Make recommendations to the BoardCommission to issue, renew, deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew a North Carolina IntegrativeHealing TherapiesArts License in artreflexology therapy under this Article.

(5) Make recommendations to the BoardCommission to discipline North Carolina Licensed ArtReflexologists. Therapists.

(6) Advise the BoardCommission to seek civil and criminal penalties against unlicensednonlicensed individuals engaged in the practice of artreflexology. therapy.

(7) Provide all North Carolina Licensed ArtReflexologists Therapists with a wallet-sized card identifying the bearer as a North Carolina Licensed ArtReflexologist. Therapist.

(8) Maintain a list of all individuals in the State who hold a North Carolina IntegrativeHealing TherapiesArts License in artreflexology. therapy.

IntegrativeHealing therapyarts licensure in artreflexology therapy application and requirements.

EachEachindividualdesiringtoobtainaNorthCarolinaHealingArts individualLicenseinreflexologyunder desiring to obtain a North Carolina Integrative Therapies License in art therapy under this Article shall apply to the Committee in accordance with the procedures and rules prescribed by the Board.Commission.

The Committee shall recommend that the BoardCommission issue a North Carolina IntegrativeHealing TherapiesArts License in artreflexology therapy to any applicant who furnishes evidence satisfactory to the Committee that the applicant meets all of the following criteria:

(4) The applicant has paid all applicable fees to the BoardCommission as specified in G.S.

Every North Carolina IntegrativeHealing TherapiesArts License in artreflexology therapy issued by the BoardCommission shall be renewed annually on aor datebefore establishedJanuary by1 rule.every year.

The Committee shall recommend that the BoardHouse renewBill the122-First NorthEdition CarolinaPage Integrative5 TherapiesGeneral LicenseAssembly inOf artNorth therapyCarolina ofSession any2025 individualCommission Houserenew Billthe 122-SecondNorth EditionCarolina PageHealing 5Arts GeneralLicense Assemblyin Ofreflexology Northof Carolinaany Sessionindividual 2025 who files a renewal application with the Committeecommittee and who meets the criteria set forth in G.S.

Compensation for artreflexology therapy services;

(a) Compensation may be received for artreflexology therapy services only when those services are performedbyanindividualholdingaNorthCarolinaperformed IntegrativeTherapiesby Licenseinan arttherapy.individual holding a North Carolina Healing Arts License in reflexology.

Nonlicensed individuals who provide artreflexology therapy services or who engage in the practice of artreflexology therapy are subject to the penalties in G.S.

90-750.7 unless theany individual is an art therapy student working to obtain a certification of completionthe fromfollowing aapplies: nationally recognized art therapy education program.

(1) The individual is a reflexology student working to obtain a certification of completion from a nationally recognized reflexology education program.

(2) The individual holds a certification of completion from a nationally recognized reflexology education program, and that program was completed no more than six months prior to that individual receiving compensation for reflexology services.

(b) Unless all reflexologyservices areperformedbyindividuals holdinga North Carolina Healing Arts License in reflexology, a place of business where reflexology services are offered for compensation shall be subject to a civil penalty of no more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each violation and a suspension of any license to operate the business for no more than 90 days.

The clear proceeds of the civil penalty assessed under this section shall be remitted to the Civil Penalty and Forfeiture Fund in accordance with G.S.

115C-457.2.

The Commission shall enforce the provisions of this subsection.

(a) At all places of business in which compensated artreflexology therapy services are offered, a valid and up-to-date license for all individuals offering compensated artreflexology therapy services shall be displayed in a prominent place.

(b) All publicpublicadvertisingdesigned advertising designed to attract clients for artreflexologyservices therapy services shall identify that the services will be performed by an individual holding a North Carolina IntegrativeHealing TherapiesArts License in artreflexology. therapy.

(c) No individual shall use the title "North Carolina Licensed ArtReflexologist" Therapist" unless that individual holds a valid North Carolina IntegrativeHealing TherapiesArts License in artreflexology therapy issued bytheby Board.the Commission.Individuals holdingthemselvesoutasNorthCarolina Licensed Reflexologistsshall carry the identification card described in G.S.

Individuals90-750.13(7) holdingat themselvesall outtimes aswhen Northproviding Carolinareflexology Licensedservices. Art Therapists shall carry the identification card described in G.S.

90-750.13(7) at all times when providing art therapy services.

The Committee may recommend that the BoardCommission grant, upon application and payment of proper fees, a North Carolina IntegrativeHealing TherapiesArts License in artreflexology therapy to a person who has been licensed ororcertified certified to practice artreflexologyin therapyanotherstateorterritoryoftheUnitedStates in another state or territory of the United States whose standards of competency are substantially equivalent to the requirements for licensure provided in this Article.

"§ 90-750.19.

Exemptions.

This Part shall not apply to an individual who may apply pressure to the reflex areas on the hands, feet, and outer ears in the regular course of that individual's work, so long as (i) the individual is licensed bythis State as a massage and bodywork therapist, physician, chiropractor, acupuncturist, physical therapist, cosmetologist, registered nurse, or as a member of other professions licensed by the State and (ii) this application of pressure to the reflex areas on the hands, feet, and outer ears accounts for no more than twenty-five percent (25%) of that individual's work.

Music therapy as ana integrativehealing therapiesarts profession.

Page 6 House Bill 122-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 It is the policy of this State that the practice of music therapy shall be considered ana integrativehealing therapiesarts profession.

– The clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals for people of all ages and ability levels within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program, including (i) assessment of a client's emotional, physical, and spiritual health;

and cognitive skills through the client's history and observation and interaction of the client in music and nonmusic settings, (ii) development and implementation of treatment plans, based on a client's assessed needs, using music interventions, including music improvisation, receptive music listening, song writing, lyric discussion, music and imagery, singing, music performance, learning through music, music combined with other arts, music-assisted relaxation, music-based patient education, electronic music technology, adapted music intervention, and movement to Page 6 House Bill 122-Second Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 music, and (iii) evaluation and documentation of the client's response to treatment.

– The provision of services to accomplish music therapy goals, including (i) conducting an individualized assessment for the purpose of collecting systematic, comprehensive, and accurate data necessary to determine the course of action subsequent to the individualized treatment plan, (ii) planning and developing the individualized music therapy treatment plan that identifies an individual's goals, objectives, and potential treatment intervention strategies, (iii) implementing the individualized music therapy treatment plan consistent with the individual's overall treatment program, (iv) systematically evaluating and comparing the individual's response to the individualized music therapy treatment plan,plan documenting progress, and suggesting modifications, as appropriate, (v) developing a discharge plan in collaboration with the individual, the individual's family, treatment team, and other identified support networks, when appropriate, (vi) minimizing the impact of environmental constraints as a barrier to participation in least restrictive environments for individuals engaging in music therapy, (vii) collaborating with and educating the individual, family, caregiver, and others to foster an environment responsive to the developmental needs of the individual as addressed in music therapy, and (viii) consulting with groups, programs, organizations, or communities to improve accessibility to music therapy services.

– An individual who has been issued a North Carolina IntegrativeHealing TherapiesArts License in music therapybythetherapy Board.by the Commission.

The initial Committee members shall be appointed on or before January 1, 2027,2026, as follows:

(1) The BoardCommission shall appoint from a list of names submitted by the Music Therapy Association of North Carolina or its successor two music therapists House Bill 122-First Edition Page 7 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 eligible to obtain a North Carolina IntegrativeHealing TherapiesArts License in music therapy under this Article.

(2) The BoardCommission shall appoint one public member who shall serve an initial term of one year.

– The initial music therapist appointees shall be citizens of the United States and North Carolina residents for at least two years prior to appointment, certified by the certifyingentityasamusictherapist,andeligibletocertifyingentityas obtainaNorthCarolinaa IntegrativeTherapiesmusictherapist,andeligibleto Licenseobtain inaNorth musicCarolinaHealingArts therapyLicense underin musictherapyunder G.S.

90-750.24.90-750.24.Uponappointment,eachinitial musictherapist appointee shall immediately seek to obtain a North Carolina Healing Arts License in music therapy under this Article and shall remain in good standing with the Committee during the appointee's term.

UponSubsequent appointment, each initial music therapist appointeeappointees shall immediatelybe seekcitizens toof obtain a North Carolina Integrative Therapies License in music therapy under this Article and shall remain in good standing with the CommitteeUnited duringStates, theappointee's term.Subsequent musictherapist appointees shall becitizens oftheUnitedStates, residents of North Carolina, North Carolina Licensed Music Therapists, and appointed by the HouseCommission Bill 122-Second Edition Page 7 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 Board from a list of names supplied by the Music Therapy Association of North Carolina or its successor.

(3) A member of ana integrativehealing therapiesarts profession or a person enrolled in a program to become a member of ana integrativehealing therapiesarts profession.

(2) Make recommendations to the BoardCommission to adopt, amend, or repeal rules to administer and enforce this Part.

(3) Establish and determine qualification and fitness of applicants for a North Carolina IntegrativeHealing TherapiesArts License in music therapy under this Part.

(4) Make recommendations to the BoardCommission to issue, renew, deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew a North Carolina IntegrativeHealing TherapiesArts License in music therapy under this Article.

(5) Make recommendations to the BoardCommission to discipline North Carolina Licensed Music Therapists.

(6) Advise the BoardCommission to seek civil and criminal penalties against nonlicensed individuals engaged in the practice of music therapy.

Page 8 House Bill 122-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (8) Maintain a list of all individuals in the State who hold a North Carolina IntegrativeHealing TherapiesArts License in music therapy.

North Carolina IntegrativeHealing TherapiesArts License in music therapy requirements.

Each individual desiring to obtain a North Carolina IntegrativeHealing TherapiesArts License in music therapy under this Article shall apply to the Committee in accordance with the procedures and rules prescribed by the Board.Commission.

The Committee shall recommend that the BoardCommission issue a North Carolina IntegrativeHealing TherapiesArts License in music therapy to any applicant who furnishes evidence satisfactory to the Committee that the applicant meets all of the following criteria:

(3) ProvidesHas proofsuccessfullycompleted ofan oneacademic ofprogram theaccredited following:bythe American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) with at least a bachelor's degree majoring in music therapy from an accredited college or university.

a.(4) Has successfully completed the certification examination offered by the certifying entity to become a Music Therapist-Board Certified (MT-BC).

Passing(5) theHas examinationsuccessfully forcompleted boarda certificationminimum offeredof by1,200 thehours Certificationof Boardclinical fortraining Musicwith Therapistsat orleast its180 successorhours organizations.in preinternship experiences and at least 900 hours in internship experiences.

b.For purposes of this subdivision, the internship may be approved by an academic institution, the AMTA, or both.

Being(6) transitionedHas intopaid boardall certificationapplicable byfees theto Certification Board for Music Therapists or its successor organizations and currently holding the MT-BCCommission credential as aspecified board-certifiedunder musicG.S. therapist.

Page 8 House Bill 122-Second Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (4) Has paid all applicable fees to the Board as specified under G.S.

Every North Carolina IntegrativeHealing TherapiesArts License in music therapy issued bybythe theCommission Board shall be renewed annually on aor datebefore establishedJanuary by1 rule.every five years.

The Committee shall recommend that theBoardrenewthethe licenseofanyindividualwhoCommission renew the license of any individual who files arenewala renewal application with the Committee and who meets the licensure criteria set forth in G.S.

Compensation may be received for music therapy services only when those services are performed by an individual holding a North Carolina IntegrativeHealing TherapiesArts License in music therapy.

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(b)Individuals Nothingholding inthemselves thisout Chapteras mayNorth beCarolina construedLicensed toMusic prohibitTherapists orshall restrictcarry the practice,identification services,card ordescribed activitiesin ofG.S. the following:

(1)90-750.23(7) Anyat individualall licensed,times certified,when orproviding regulatedmusictherapy. under the laws of this State in another profession or occupation, including physicians, psychologists, psychoanalysts, registered nurses, marriage and family therapists, social workers, occupational therapists, professional or rehabilitation counselors, speech-language pathologists or audiologists, or personnel supervised by a licensed professional, performing work, including the use of music, incidental to the practice of his or her licensed, certified, or regulated profession or occupation, if that person does not represent himself or herself as a music therapist.

(2)Individuals Anyin individualviolationofthis whosesectionaresubject training and national certification attests to thethepenalties individual'sin preparationG.S. and ability to practice his or her certified profession or occupation, if that person does not represent himself or herself as a music therapist.

(3)90-750.6 Anyor practice of music therapy as an integralinjunction partunder ofG.S. a program of study for students enrolled in an accredited music therapy program, if the student does not represent himself or herself as a music therapist.

(c)90-750.7. An individual who is not a licensed professional music therapist may provide music therapyunderthesupervision ofalicensedprofessional musictherapist fora periodnot to exceed 180 days from the start of practice if the individual's application to obtain board certification is pending and the individual meets the remaining requirements for a North Carolina Integrative Therapies License in music therapy listed in G.S.

90-750.24.

The Committee may recommend that the BoardCommission grant, upon application and payment of proper fees, a North Carolina IntegrativeHealing TherapiesArts License in music therapy to a person who has been licensed or certified to practice music therapy in another state or territory of the United States whose standards of competency are substantially equivalent to the requirements for licensure provided in this Article.Article." SECTION 1.(b) G.S.

"§90-624 90-750.29.is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:

Collaboration."(9) A licensed reflexologist engaged in the practice of reflexology, as defined in G.S.

(a)90-750.11." BeforeSECTION an2.(a) individualNotwithstanding withG.S. a North Carolina Integrative Therapies License in music therapy provides music therapy services to a client for an identified clinical or developmental need, the individual shall review the client's diagnosis, treatment needs, and treatment plan with the health care providers involved in the client's care.

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90-750.3,90-750.14, as enacted bybySection Section1(a) 1 of this act,act. the initial members of the North Carolina Board of Integrative Therapies shall be appointed as follows:

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(2)SECTION TheGeneralAssembly,upontherecommendationoftheSpeakeroftheHouse2.(c) The music therapists appointed to the Commission pursuant to subsection (a) of Representatives,this section shall appointhave onebeen musicNorth therapistCarolina residents for at least two years prior to serveappointment, ancertified initialby terma ofnational twoentity years.that certifies music therapists, and eligible for licensure under G.S.

(3)90-750.24, Theas Governorenacted shallpursuant appoint one art therapist to serveSection an1(a) initial term of twothis years.act.

(4)Upon TheGovernorshallappointonemusictherapisttoserveaninitialtermappointment, ofthreethe years.initial music therapist appointees shall seek to obtain a North Carolina Healing Arts License in music therapy as soon as the first application period begins and shall remain in good standing with the Commission.

(5)SECTION 2.(d) The Governorappointments shallrequired appointby onethis physiciansection toshall servebe anmade initialon termor ofbefore twoDecember years1, 2025, and onethe physicianinitial toterms serveof anthe initialappointees termshall ofbegin oneon year.January 1, 2026.

(6) The Governor shall appoint one member of the public who shall serve an initial term of three years.

SECTION 2.(b) The art therapists appointed to the Board pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall have been North Carolina residents for at least two years prior to appointment, certified by a national entity that certifies art therapists, and eligible for licensure under G.S.

90-750.14, as enacted by Section 1 of this act.

Upon appointment, the art therapist appointees shall seek to obtain a North Carolina Integrative Therapies License in art therapy as soon as the first application period begins and shall remain in good standing with the Board.

SECTION 2.(c) The music therapists appointed to the Board pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall have been North Carolina residents for at least two years prior to appointment,certifiedbyanationalentitythatcertifiesmusictherapists,and eligibleforlicensure under G.S.

90-750.24, as enacted pursuant to Section 1 of this act.

Upon appointment, the initial music therapist appointees shall seek to obtain a North Carolina Integrative Therapies License in music therapy as soon as the first application period begins and shall remain in good standing with the Board.

Page 10 House Bill 122-Second Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 SECTION 2.(d) The appointments required by this section shall be made on or before December 1, 2026, and the initial terms of the appointees shall begin on January 1, 2027.

90-750.3, as enacted in Section 11(a) of this act.

90-750.6,90-750.6 90-750.7, 90-750.16, 90-750.17, 90-750.26, and 90-750.27,G.S. as enacted by Section 1 of this act, become effective on the date that is the first day of a month that begins 180 days after the chair of the North Carolina Board of Integrative Therapies certifies to the Revisor of Statutes that the Board has begun accepting applications for Integrative Therapies Licenses and applyto acts committed on or after that date.

90-750.7, as enacted by Section 1(a) of this act, become effective on the date that is the first day of a month that begins 180 days after the Chair of the Healing Arts Commission certifies to the Revisor of Statutes that the Commission has begun accepting applications for Healing Arts Licenses and apply to acts committed on or after that date.

ExceptThis as otherwise provided, this act isbecomes effective whenJanuary it1, becomes2026. law.

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