Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 254.161 — HUMAN TRAFFICKING SIGNS REQUIRED

HS § 254.161Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES · Part B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES · Ch. 254. FREESTANDING EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES · Art. D. REGULATION OF FACILITIES

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(a)A freestanding emergency medical care facility shall display a sign, at least 11 inches by 17 inches in size, written in at least a 16-point font and in the form prescribed by the attorney general, that includes:

(1)the following statements:

(A)"All health care practitioners and first responders are required to receive human trafficking prevention training."; and

(B)"A freestanding emergency medical care facility employee may not be disciplined, retaliated against, or otherwise discriminated against for reporting in good faith a suspected act of human trafficking.";

(2)information on recognizing and reporting human trafficking and a list of human trafficking indicators;

(3)a phone number the attorney general designates for reporting a suspected act of human trafficking; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 375 (H.B. 742), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025.