TX SB124

Requires all Texas hospitals, including those providing rehabilitation, chemical dependency, and mental health services, to adopt and enforce written patients' rights policies covering treatment decisions, privacy, medical records access, informed consent, and the right to accept or refuse treatment

Guarantees patients unrestricted visitation by at least one individual at any time, including during declared disasters, and the right to use off-label FDA-approved drugs or complementary/alternative treatments prescribed by their physician

Grants terminally ill patients access to investigational drugs, biological products, and devices in clinical trials under Texas's Right to Try Act, including during disaster periods to the extent allowed by federal law

Mandates hospitals prominently display patients' rights policies in public areas, with rehabilitation, chemical dependency, and mental health facilities required to display them in English and another language appropriate to the community served

Establishes a $1,000 per day administrative penalty for violations, with enforcement by the Health and Human Services Commission and the Attorney General; hospitals must comply by January 1, 2026