A physician, health facility, health care provider, insurer, or health care service plan may not require a person to execute or issue an advance directive as a condition for obtaining insurance for health care services or receiving health care services.
Tex. Health & Safety Code § 166.007
EXECUTION OF ADVANCE DIRECTIVE MAY NOT BE REQUIRED
Known as the Advance Directives Act
The act spans §§ 166–166 (82 sections).
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.02, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.