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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 254.161

HUMAN TRAFFICKING SIGNS REQUIRED

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

(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

(4) contact information for reporting suspicious activity to the Department of Public Safety.

(b) The sign described by Subsection (a) must be posted:

(1) in a location easily visible to all facility employees; and

(2) separately in English, Spanish, and any other primary language spoken by 10 percent or more of the facility's employees.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.