{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-526.0505","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 526.0505","heading":"PROHIBITED PUNITIVE ACTION FOR FAILURE TO IMMUNIZE.","body":"(a) In this section:\n(1) \"Person responsible for a child's care, custody, or welfare\" has the meaning assigned by Section 261.001, Family Code.\n(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.\n(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.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE I. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","CHAPTER 526. ADDITIONAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION AND EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER","SUBCHAPTER K. CHILDREN AND FAMILIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.526.htm#526.0505","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"5446b1937fb7af8d3e8e87fd354309d0e056d9f494113446e2378ae8c156ec95","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-526.0504","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-526.0506"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}