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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a health care facility's required policy for vaccine |
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preventable diseases. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 224.002(c), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The policy must: |
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(1) [may] include procedures for a covered individual |
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to be exempt from the required vaccines based on reasons of |
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conscience, including a religious belief; and |
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(2) prohibit a health care facility from rejecting, |
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for any reason, an exemption based on reasons of conscience, |
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including a religious belief. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |