Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 137.009 · Chapter 137. DECLARATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT
CONFLICTING OR CONTRARY PROVISIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Mental health treatment instructions contained in a declaration executed in accordance with this chapter supersede any contrary or conflicting instructions given by:
(1) a medical power of attorney under Subchapter D, Chapter 166, Health and Safety Code; or
(2) a guardian appointed under Title 3, Estates Code, after the execution of the declaration.
(b) Mental health treatment instructions contained in a declaration executed in accordance with this chapter shall be conclusive evidence of a declarant's preference in a medication hearing under Section 574.106, Health and Safety Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1318, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 22.010, eff. September 1, 2017.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.137.htm
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