Relating to a health care facility's required policy for vaccine preventable diseases.

SB 407 would require Texas healthcare facilities to include conscience-based exemptions (including religious beliefs) in their policies for vaccine-preventable diseases. It mandates that facilities cannot reject such exemptions for any reason. The bill directly affects healthcare facilities (like hospitals and clinics) and patients seeking exemptions based on personal or religious beliefs. Key provisions amend existing law to specify that exemption policies must allow for conscience claims and prohibit facility refusal of these exemptions. The bill was reported adversely by the Health & Human Services Committee on April 22, 2025.