Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
Title 2. HEALTH |
Subtitle A. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH |
Chapter 13. HEALTH DEPARTMENT HOSPITALS AND RESPIRATORY FACILITIES |
Subchapter B. TEXAS TUBERCULOSIS CODE |
Sec. 13.042. DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED
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(a) A state chest hospital may not discriminate against a patient.
(b) Each patient is entitled to equal facilities, attention, and treatment. However, a state chest hospital may provide different care and treatment of patients because of differences in the condition of the individual patients.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.