Tex. Gov't Code § 752.052 · Subchapter C. ENFORCEMENT OF STATE AND FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS BY LOCAL ENTITIES AND CAMPUS POLICE DEPARTMENTS
APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This subchapter does not apply to a hospital or hospital district created under Subtitle C or D, Title 4, Health and Safety Code, a federally qualified health center as defined in Section 31.017, Health and Safety Code, a hospital owned or operated by an institution of higher education, or a hospital district created under a general or special law authorized by Article IX, Texas Constitution, to the extent that the hospital or hospital district is providing access to or delivering medical or health care services as required under the following applicable federal or state laws:
(1) 42 U.S.C. Section 1395dd;
(2) 42 U.S.C. Section 1396b(v);
(3) Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Health and Safety Code;
(4) Chapter 81, Health and Safety Code; and
(5) Section 311.022, Health and Safety Code.
(b) Subsection (a) excludes the application of this subchapter to a commissioned peace officer:
(1) employed by a hospital or hospital district during the officer's employment; or
(2) commissioned by a hospital or hospital district.
(c) This subchapter does not apply to a commissioned peace officer employed or contracted by a religious organization during the officer's employment with the organization or while the officer is performing the contract.
(d) This subchapter does not apply to a school district or open-enrollment charter school, including a peace officer employed or contracted by a district or charter school during the officer's employment with the district or charter school or while the officer is performing the contract. This subchapter does not apply to the release of information contained in educational records of an educational agency or institution, except in conformity with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g).
(e) This subchapter does not apply to the public health department of a local entity.
(f) This subchapter does not apply to:
(1) a community center as defined by Section 571.003, Health and Safety Code; or
(2) a local mental health authority as defined by Section 531.002, Health and Safety Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 4), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2017.
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Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 31.017FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS.Printed as Section 31.017, Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code ch. 61, subch. CPERSONS WHO RESIDE IN AN AREA SERVED BY A PUBLIC HOSPITAL OR HOSPITAL DISTRICTPrinted as Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code ch. 81COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIESPrinted as Chapter 81, Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code tit. 4HEALTH FACILITIESPrinted as Title 4, Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 311.022DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED IN DENIAL OF SERVICES; CRIMINAL PENALTIES.Printed as Section 311.022, Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 531.002DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 531.002, Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 571.003DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 571.003, Health and Safety Code
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