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  89R4965 MCF-D     By: Swanson H.B. No. 3392       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to prohibited health care discrimination based on   vaccination status; providing a civil penalty.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 161, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 161.01095 to read as follows:           Sec.   161.01095.     PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATION BASED ON   VACCINATION STATUS; CIVIL PENALTY.   (a)   In this section, "health   care provider" means a facility or individual licensed, certified,   or otherwise authorized to provide health care, for profit or   otherwise, in the ordinary course of business or professional   practice. The term includes a physician.           (b)     Notwithstanding any other law, a health care provider   may not, based on an individual's vaccination status, deny or   refuse to provide to the individual a health care treatment,   procedure, or service.           (c)     A health care provider who violates this section is   subject to a civil penalty of $50,000 for each violation. The   attorney general may bring an action to recover the civil penalty   and may recover attorney's fees and costs incurred in bringing the   action.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.