{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-491.151-2","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 491.151 (2)","heading":"PROHIBITED ACTION AGAINST LICENSE HOLDER OR MEDICAID PARTICIPANT.","body":"(a) A state licensing board may not revoke, fail to renew, suspend, or take any action against a health care provider's license issued under Title 3, Occupations Code, based solely on the provider's recommendation to an eligible patient regarding access to or treatment with an individualized investigational treatment.\n(b) The Health and Human Services Commission may not take action against a health care provider that adversely affects the provider's participation in Medicaid based solely on the provider's recommendation for a patient to access an individualized investigational treatment.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 285 (S.B. 984), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","SUBTITLE C. SUBSTANCE ABUSE REGULATION AND CRIMES Chapter 491, consisting of Secs. 491.001 to 491.151, was added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 285 (S.B. 984), Sec. 1. For another Chapter 491, consisting of Secs. 491.001 to 491.103, added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 333 (S.B. 2308), Sec. 1, see Sec. 491.001 et seq., post. For another Chapter 491, consisting of Secs. 491.001 to 491.151, added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 352 (S.B. 670), Sec. 2, see Sec. 491.001 et seq., post.","CHAPTER 491. ACCESS TO INDIVIDUALIZED INVESTIGATIONAL TREATMENTS FOR PATIENTS WITH LIFE-THREATENING OR SEVERELY DEBILITATING ILLNESSES","SUBCHAPTER D. HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.491.v3.htm#491.151","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"7dd5be83638f98e99ade75c0b941d46505336b8fd71920924717105971c780ed","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-491.104","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-501.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}