Liability for the cost of medical treatment provided as a result of consent to medical treatment by a surrogate decision-maker is the same as the liability for that cost if the medical treatment were provided as a result of the patient's own consent to the treatment.
Tex. Health & Safety Code § 313.006
LIABILITY FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT COSTS
Known as the Consent to Medical Treatment Act
The act spans §§ 313–313 (7 sections).
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 407, Sec. 1, 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.