Bill Text: TX HB98 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a business to implement certain communicable disease prevention and control policies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-09-22 - Filed [HB98 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB98-Introduced.html
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By: Howard | H.B. No. 98 |
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relating to the authority of a business to implement certain | ||
communicable disease prevention and control policies. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 81, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 81.018 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 81.018. AUTHORITY OF BUSINESS TO IMPLEMENT CERTAIN | ||
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL POLICIES. (a) In this | ||
section, "COVID-19" means the 2019 novel coronavirus disease. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a business in this state | ||
may implement a policy that requires an individual to wear a face | ||
mask or covering or to provide proof of vaccination or immunization | ||
against a particular communicable disease, including COVID-19, for | ||
the individual to obtain a service provided by or gain access to an | ||
establishment owned or operated by the business. | ||
(c) A state agency may not suspend or revoke a business's | ||
license, permit, or other state authorization necessary for | ||
conducting business in this state or take any other disciplinary | ||
action against a business for implementing a policy described by | ||
Subsection (b). | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 161.0085(c) and (d), Health and Safety | ||
Code, are repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
legislative session. |