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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 13.042: DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 2. HEALTH
- SUBTITLE A. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
- CHAPTER 13. DEPARTMENT HOSPITALS AND RESPIRATORY FACILITIES
- SUBCHAPTER B. TEXAS TUBERCULOSIS CODE
(a) A public health hospital may not discriminate against a patient.
(b) Each patient is entitled to equal facilities, attention, and treatment. However, a public health hospital may provide different care and treatment of patients because of differences in the condition of the individual patients.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0061, eff. April 2, 2015.
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