{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-258.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 258.005","heading":"RETALIATION PROHIBITED.","body":"A hospital may not suspend, terminate, or otherwise discipline or discriminate against a nurse who refuses to work mandatory overtime or reports violations of this chapter to hospital management or the commission.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 742 (S.B. 476), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 398 (H.B. 2187), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES","CHAPTER 258. MANDATORY OVERTIME FOR NURSES PROHIBITED"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.258.htm#258.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"da67e43ac12c8c17114ba38c3d016a61c5978ebab653b457a381ada0a4bab566","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-258.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-258.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}