{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-254.162","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 254.162","heading":"DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION PROHIBITED.","body":"A freestanding emergency medical care facility may not discipline, retaliate against, or otherwise discriminate against a facility employee who in good faith reports a suspected act of human trafficking to the facility, a law enforcement agency, the National Human Trafficking Resource Center, the attorney general, or any other appropriate authority.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 375 (H.B. 742), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES","CHAPTER 254. FREESTANDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES","SUBCHAPTER D. REGULATION OF FACILITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.254.htm#254.162","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"9adbe246fbd4188bea4634f20290ea053fb41f8352c66147bb5bb0e49b535280","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-254.161","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-254.201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}