Sec. 166.007. EXECUTION OF ADVANCE DIRECTIVE MAY NOT BE REQUIRED. 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.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions
Chapter 166 - Advance Directives
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 166.004. Statement Relating to Advance Directive
Section 166.005. Enforceability of Advance Directives Executed in Another Jurisdiction
Section 166.006. Effect of Advance Directive on Insurance Policy and Premiums
Section 166.007. Execution of Advance Directive May Not Be Required
Section 166.008. Conflict Between Advance Directives
Section 166.009. Certain Life-Sustaining Treatment Not Required
Section 166.010. Applicability of Federal Law Relating to Child Abuse and Neglect