Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 48.257 · Subchapter F. INVESTIGATIONS OF ABUSE, NEGLECT, OR EXPLOITATION OF INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING SERVICES FROM CERTAIN PROVIDERS
RETALIATION PROHIBITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A provider of home and community-based services may not retaliate against a person for filing a report or providing information in good faith relating to the possible abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an individual receiving services.
(b) This section does not prohibit a provider of home and community-based services from terminating an employee for a reason other than retaliation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 860 (S.B. 1880), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2015.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1272 (S.B. 760), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.48.htm
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- sha256 885984a68cf30a4b25eff539c955651a262b7d20a5acc06dd97afb849184d9d7
- 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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