HB4480 - Relating to the authority of certain health care facilities to cooperate with officers engaged in immigration-related duties.

  89R15970 MPF-F     By: Walle H.B. No. 4480       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the authority of certain health care facilities to   cooperate with officers engaged in immigration-related duties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subtitle F, Title 4, Health and Safety Code, is   amended by adding Chapter 318 to read as follows:   CHAPTER 318.   COOPERATION WITH OFFICERS ENGAGED IN   IMMIGRATION-RELATED DUTIES           Sec.   318.001.     DEFINITION. In this chapter, "health   facility" means:                 (1)  a hospital licensed under Chapter 241;                   (2)     a health care facility owned or operated by a   hospital district; and                   (3)     a federally qualified health center as defined by   42 U.S.C. Section 1396d(l)(2)(B).             Sec.   318.002.     COOPERATION WITH OFFICER ENGAGED IN   IMMIGRATION-RELATED DUTIES PROHIBITED.   A health facility may not   grant a federal immigration officer or peace officer engaged in   immigration-related investigation or enforcement duties access to   the premises of the facility without a judicial warrant.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.