Text of section effective on April 01, 2025

Sec. 526.0505.  PROHIBITED PUNITIVE ACTION FOR FAILURE TO IMMUNIZE.  (a)  In this section:
(1)  "Person responsible for a child's care, custody, or welfare" has the meaning assigned by Section 261.001, Family Code.
(2)  "Punitive action" includes initiating an investigation of a person responsible for a child's care, custody, or welfare for alleged or suspected abuse or neglect of a child.
(b)  The executive commissioner by rule shall prohibit a health and human services agency from taking a punitive action against a person responsible for a child's care, custody, or welfare for the person's failure to ensure that the child receives the immunization series prescribed by Section 161.004, Health and Safety Code.
(c)  This section does not affect a law, including Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, that specifically provides a punitive action for failure to ensure that a child receives the immunization series prescribed by Section 161.004, Health and Safety Code.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.