HB 3392
AN ACT relating to prohibited health care discrimination based on
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
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Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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What This Bill Does
This Texas bill prohibits healthcare providers from denying or refusing medical treatment to individuals based on their vaccination status. Under the law, any health care provider who discriminates against a patient due to their vaccination record would face a substantial civil penalty of $50,000 per violation, which can be enforced by the attorney general. The legislation aims to ensure equal access to healthcare services regardless of a patient's vaccination history, with the law set to take effect on September 1, 2025.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to prohibited health care discrimination based on vaccination status; providing a civil penalty. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 161, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 161.01095 to read as follows: Sec. 161.01095. PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATION BASED ON VACCINATION STATUS; CIVIL PENALTY. (a) In this section, "health care provider" means a facility or individual licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized to provide health care, for profit or otherwise, in the ordinary course of business or professional practice. The term includes a physician. (b) Notwithstanding any other law, a health care provider may not, based on an individual's vaccination status, deny or refuse to provide to the individual a health care treatment, (c) A health care provider who violates this section is subject to a civil penalty of $50,000 for each violation. The attorney general may bring an action to recover the civil penalty and may recover attorney's fees and costs incurred in bringing the SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Expert Lobbyists for This Bill
These lobbyists specialize in Hospitals and related subject areas.
Brianna M. Menard
Robert D. Miller
Haley Cornyn
Allen E. Blakemore
Michael J. Johnson
Vera Denise Rose
Gavin L. Massingill
Fred Shannon
Sarah Hicks
Matthew Bentley
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to prohibited health care discrimination based on
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