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| 1 | 1 | 89R15970 MPF-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Cook S.B. No. 2759 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the authority of certain health care facilities to | |
| 10 | 10 | cooperate with officers engaged in immigration-related duties. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 4, Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended by adding Chapter 318 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | CHAPTER 318. COOPERATION WITH OFFICERS ENGAGED IN | |
| 15 | 15 | IMMIGRATION-RELATED DUTIES | |
| 16 | 16 | Sec. 318.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "health | |
| 17 | 17 | facility" means: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) a hospital licensed under Chapter 241; | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) a health care facility owned or operated by a | |
| 20 | 20 | hospital district; and | |
| 21 | 21 | (3) a federally qualified health center as defined by | |
| 22 | 22 | 42 U.S.C. Section 1396d(l)(2)(B). | |
| 23 | 23 | Sec. 318.002. COOPERATION WITH OFFICER ENGAGED IN | |
| 24 | 24 | IMMIGRATION-RELATED DUTIES PROHIBITED. A health facility may not | |
| 25 | 25 | grant a federal immigration officer or peace officer engaged in | |
| 26 | 26 | immigration-related investigation or enforcement duties access to | |
| 27 | 27 | the premises of the facility without a judicial warrant. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |