SB 2422 – Protects doctors’ COVID treatment choices

SB 2422 is a legislative correction aimed at protecting doctors from bureaucratic overreach during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many physicians who exercised independent medical judgment in treating patients with affordable, off-label drugs like ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine faced costly investigations and career harm, despite good-faith efforts to save lives. This bill bars the Texas Medical Board from punishing doctors for such actions and retroactively clears their records. It also protects medical professionals from future discipline simply for expressing dissent on mask effectiveness or choosing not to enforce mask-wearing. The bill limits unelected regulators from punishing speech and treatment decisions and upholds professional freedom. Overall, the bill restores due process and curtails state interference in medical practice without costing taxpayers.