This chapter may be cited as the Advance Directives Act.
Tex. Health & Safety Code § 166.001
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Known as the Advance Directives Act
The act spans §§ 166–166 (82 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Lawrence v. State (2001)
Most recently applied in in the Guardianship of A.E., an Incapacitated Person (June 2018)
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.02, eff
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.