Texas legislators have filed several bills worthy of your support in 2025!

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One of these good bills is HB 1356, which prohibits a health care provider from denying individuals care based on their vaccination status.

HB 1356 also holds health care providers accountable by subjecting them to a civil penalty of $50,000 per violation if they refuse any health care treatment, procedure, or service to an individual based on vaccination status. 

Please speak up!  Let’s get some early momentum going for this important bill!

TAKE ACTION:

Contact your Texas State Representative and ask him/her to SUPPORT HB 1356.

You can look up who represents you here: https://wrm.capitol.texas.gov/home

Calls are more effective than emails and only take a few minutes.  Below is a Sample Script along with additional Talking Points.  Use your own words when you call or email – a personal message is always more effective than a form message!

SAMPLE SCRIPT:

Hi, my name is ____, and I am a constituent.  I am asking Representative ____ to support HB 1356.  This critical bill would prohibit health care providers from denying individuals care based on their vaccination status.

HB 1356 ensures everyone has access to the medical care they need, regardless of their vaccination history.  It also holds health care providers accountable, imposing a civil penalty of $50,000 per violation if they deny any treatment, procedure, or service based on vaccination status.

This legislation is especially important as we continue to learn about the unintended consequences of past vaccine mandates and recommendations.  For example, data from the CDC’s Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) shows that, as of December 27, 2024, there were 1,568,332 injuries and 37,735 deaths reported as linked to Covid-19 injections.  These numbers are likely underreported, as most people do not know about VAERS, and only 1–10% of adverse reactions are ever reported.

Vaccine mandates have been justified by the “greater good” concept.  However, no individual should be coerced into accepting medical treatment for someone else’s benefit, particularly when science shows that vaccines can be unsafe and ineffective.

HB 1356 is vital to protecting individual rights and ensuring health care access for all Texans.  

I urge Representative _____to SUPPORT HB 1356.

TALKING POINTS for calls and emails:

1. HB 1356 safeguards individuals from being denied health care based on their vaccination choices.  Everyone deserves access to quality health care, regardless of their vaccination status.

• Individuals may refuse vaccinations for medical, religious, or conscientious reasons, and their access to health care should not be obstructed because of these choices.

• Health care should be about providing care, not judging personal health decisions.

• During the Covid-19 pandemic, numerous Texans testified at the State Capitol about workplace discrimination for refusing Covid-19 injections.  Public testimony during the 2021 legislative session (SB 1669) documented these injustices, underscoring the need for legal protections.

• The pandemic saw increased public rhetoric claiming that unvaccinated individuals were a danger to society and undeserving of basic rights or health care.  This rhetoric has fueled discrimination, making legislation like HB 1356 essential to protect individuals from such biases.

• Some hospitals refused life-saving organ transplants to individuals without proof of Covid-19 “vaccination,” denying critical care to those in need.

• Governor Greg Abbott affirmed that Texas is a place where rights and freedoms are protected, including the right to access medical care.  HB 1356 is necessary to uphold this principle.

• Discrimination in health care contradicts the fundamental oath of medical professionals to provide care without prejudice.  HB 1356 ensures that health care providers focus on patient well-being, not vaccination history.

• HB 1356 aligns with Texans’ values of personal freedom, bodily autonomy, and protection from government overreach or coercion.
• There have already been 1,568,332 Covid-19 Vaccine adverse events and 37,735 Covid-19 vaccine deaths reported in the U.S. to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (per data released 12/27/24).

Run your own search – https://www.medalerts.org/vaersdb/index.php

Cases (adverse events) – https://www.medalerts.org/vaersdb/findfield.php

Deaths – https://medalerts.org/vaersdb/findfield.php?TABLE=ON&GROUP1=AGE&EVENTS=ON&VAX%5B%5D=COVID19&DIED=Yes

1. Vaccine manufacturers such as Pfizer, Merck, and GlaxoSmithKline have paid billions of dollars in criminal penalties and settlements for research fraud, faking drug safety studies, failing to report safety problems, bribery, kickbacks, and false advertising [1,2].  Pfizer paid $2.3 billion in 2009 alone to resolve criminal and civil allegations [3].

[1] Merck ($2 billion, 2007) – https://www.corp-research.org/merck 

[2] GlaxoSmithKline ($3 billion, 2012) – https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/jul/03/glaxosmithkline-fined-bribing-doctors-pharmaceuticals 

[3] Pfizer – https://abcnews.go.com/Business/pfizer-fined-23-billion-illegal-marketing-off-label/story?id=8477617

MORE INFORMATION

View the text, status, and history of the bill here:

https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB1356

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