Amend CSHB 2292 by adding the following appropriately numbered Section to Article 2 of the bill and renumbering subsequent Sections accordingly: SECTION _____. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 531.0335 to read as follows: 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 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.