Bill Text: TX HB4350 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to prohibited health care discrimination based on vaccination status.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Public Health [HB4350 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4350-Introduced.html
| By: Harrison | H.B. No. 4350 | |
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| relating to prohibited health care discrimination based on | ||
| vaccination status. | ||
| 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. (a) In this section, "health care provider" | ||
| means an individual or facility licensed, certified, or otherwise | ||
| authorized to administer health care, for profit or otherwise, in | ||
| the ordinary course of business or professional practice. The term | ||
| includes a physician. | ||
| (b) In this section, "COVID-19" means the 2019 novel | ||
| coronavirus disease. | ||
| (c) Notwithstanding any other law, a health care provider | ||
| may not, based on an individual's COVID-19 vaccination status or | ||
| post-transmission recovery of COVID-19, deny or refuse to provide | ||
| the individual a health care treatment, procedure, or service. | ||
| (d) The Texas Medical Board or another state regulatory | ||
| agency with jurisdiction over a health care provider subject to | ||
| this section shall revoke the license, certification, or | ||
| authorization of a physician or health care provider who the board | ||
| or agency determines has violated this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
