Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 252.133 — SUIT FOR RETALIATION AGAINST VOLUNTEER, RESIDENT, OR FAMILY MEMBER OR GUARDIAN OF RESIDENT
HS § 252.133Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES · Ch. 252. INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY · Art. E. INVESTIGATIONS OF ABUSE,
Statute text
View on source(a)A facility may not retaliate or discriminate against a volunteer, a resident, or a family member or guardian of a resident because the volunteer, the resident, the resident's family member or guardian, or any other person:
(1)makes a complaint or files a grievance concerning the facility;
(2)reports a violation of law, including a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter; or
(3)initiates or cooperates in an investigation or proceeding of a governmental entity relating to the care, services, or conditions at the facility.
(b)A volunteer, a resident, or a family member or guardian of a resident against whom a facility retaliates or discriminates in violation of Subsection (a) is entitled to sue for:
(1)injunctive relief;
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 693, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 192, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.