TX SB121

Expands exemptions from mandatory medical treatment to include anyone who chooses treatment by prayer or spiritual means, removing the previous requirement that the person be an adherent of a recognized church

Establishes that individuals, parents, legal guardians, or managing conservators retain the right to choose medical treatments and select alternate control measures authorized under the communicable disease chapter, except for isolation or quarantine orders

Limits isolation or quarantine orders to five days maximum unless the health department or authority obtains a court order from a district court to extend the measures

Requires health authorities to provide notice and an opportunity to contest isolation or quarantine measures before imposing them, and mandates using the least restrictive means available

Requires that individuals subject to isolation or quarantine be allowed to remain with family members, other individuals under the same order, or in their own home or with friends to the greatest extent possible

Takes effect immediately with two-thirds legislative vote, otherwise September 1, 2025