{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-351.407","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 351.407","heading":"GOVERNMENTAL DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED.","body":"(a) A program supported by the state or by a political subdivision of the state may not discriminate against a health care practitioner because the practitioner is an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist.\n(b) A law or policy of the state or of a political subdivision of the state that requires or encourages a person to obtain vision care or medical eye care that is within the scope of practice of an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may not discriminate against a health care practitioner because the practitioner is an optometrist or therapeutic optometrist.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE F. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO EYES AND VISION","CHAPTER 351. OPTOMETRISTS AND THERAPEUTIC OPTOMETRISTS","SUBCHAPTER I. PROHIBITED PRACTICES IN GENERAL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.351.htm#351.407","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"f1793e7d1587d13e51835e8398d5dbd27065f723da37f1e1061a65e5fc7bea9a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-351.406","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-351.408"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}