{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-13.042","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 13.042","heading":"DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED.","body":"(a) A public health hospital may not discriminate against a patient.\n(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.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0061, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["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"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.13.htm#13.042","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"e19edacd025bf9bbc627a5573ad5f34dfee9a06f5436e804f3b06590840651af","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-13.041","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-13.043"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}