Section 526.0505 - [Effective 4/1/2025] 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. (Gov. Code, Sec. 531.0335.)Tex. Gov't. Code § 526.0505
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 769,Sec. 1.01, eff. 4/1/2025.