Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 531.02119. Discrimination Based on Immunization Status Prohibited

(a) A provider who participates in Medicaid or the child health plan program, including a provider participating in the provider network of a managed care organization that contracts with the commission to provide services under Medicaid or the child health plan program, may not refuse to provide health care services to a Medicaid recipient or child health plan program enrollee based solely on the recipient's or enrollee's refusal or failure to obtain a vaccine or immunization for a particular infectious or communicable disease.

(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a provider is not in violation of this section if the provider:

(b) The commission may not provide any reimbursement under Medicaid or the child health plan program, as applicable, to a provider who violates this section unless and until the commission finds that the provider is in compliance with this section.

(c) Subsection (b) applies only with respect to an individual physician. The commission may not refuse to provide reimbursement to a provider who did not violate this section based on that provider's membership in a provider group or medical organization with an individual physician who violated this section.

(d) This section does not apply to a provider who is a specialist in:

(e) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section, including rules establishing the right of a provider who is alleged to have violated this section to seek administrative and judicial review of the alleged violation.