Texas Legal Updates

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If you're an existing ComplianceHR client, you can access these updates and robust links to learn more about each of these changes through the PolicySmart™ solution.

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Texas Legal Updates:

February 2024

• Texas Adopts New Rule Implementing New Workplace Violence Hotline Poster Requirement

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December 2023

• Texas Passes Prohibition Against COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

October 2023

• Texas District Court Declares State Preemption Law Unconstitutional

September 2023

• New Texas Law Authorizes Qualified Insurers to Provide Paid Family Leave Insurance (effective 09/01/23)
• New Texas Law Preempts Local Leave and Other Employment Laws (effective 09/01/23)
• New Texas Law Requires Health Benefit Plans to Cover Fertility Preservation Services (effective 09/01/23)
• New Texas Law Requires Notice on Workplace Violence Hotline (effective 09/01/23)
• Texas Amends Child Labor Laws to Create Enforcement Mechanisms (effective 09/01/23)
• Texas Amends Regulations on Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements and Health Benefit Plans (effective 09/01/23)
• Texas Enacts Law Requiring Training Materials on Human Trafficking (effective 09/01/23)
• Texas Enacts New Health Benefit Plan Law on Prescription Contraceptive Drug Coverage (effective 09/01/23)
• Texas Prohibits Discrimination Based on Hair Texture or Protective Hairstyles–Includes Updated Policy (effective 09/01/23)
• Texas Prohibits Governmental Agencies from Requiring Businesses to Adopt COVID-19-Related Measures (effective 09/01/23)
• Texas District Court Declares State Preemption Law Unconstitutional

August 2023

• New Texas Law Preempts Local Leave and Other Employment Laws
• Texas Amends Child Labor Laws to Create Enforcement Mechanisms
• New Texas Law Requires Health Benefit Plans to Cover Fertility Preservation Services

July 2023

• New Texas Law Requires Notice on Workplace Violence Hotline
• Texas Enacts New Health Benefit Plan Law on Prescription Contraceptive Drug Coverage
• Texas Enacts Law Requiring Training Materials on Human Trafficking
• Texas Prohibits Discrimination Based on Hair Texture or Protective Hairstyles--Includes Updated Policy
• Texas Amends Regulations on Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements and Health Benefit Plans
• New Texas Law Authorizes Qualified Insurers to Provide Paid Family Leave Insurance
• Texas Prohibits Governmental Agencies from Requiring Businesses to Adopt COVID-19-Related Measures

February 2023

• Austin, Texas Enacts Wage Theft Ordinance

September 2022

• Austin, Texas Prohibits Discrimination on the Basis of Hair Texture or Hairstyles Commonly Associated with Race, National Origin, Ethnicity or Culture

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