Tex. Health & Safety Code § 592.015 · Subchapter B. BASIC BILL OF RIGHTS
EMPLOYMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An employer, employment agency, or labor organization may not deny a person equal opportunities in employment because of the person's intellectual disability, unless:
(1) the person's intellectual disability significantly impairs the person's ability to perform the duties and tasks of the position for which the person has applied; or
(2) the denial is based on a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the particular business or enterprise.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1412, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.592.htm
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- sha256 1f3d1fc53faf7d3d1ea015bb36680d5ce9744b7c8ef0aeb0dea6a6e99a94b83a
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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