Text of section effective until April 01, 2025
Sec. 531.0335.  PROHIBITION ON 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 the initiation of 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 failure of the person 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 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.04, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 2.078, eff. April 2, 2015.
Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 3.01, eff. April 1, 2025.