Tex. Health & Safety Code § 118.010 · Chapter 118. PALLIATIVE CARE INTERDISCIPLINARY ADVISORY COUNCIL
REPORT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Not later than October 1 of each even-numbered year, the advisory council shall submit a biennial report to the standing committees of the senate and the house of representatives with primary jurisdiction over health matters on:
(1) the advisory council's assessment of the availability of palliative care in this state for patients in the early stages of serious disease;
(2) the advisory council's analysis of barriers to greater access to palliative care; and
(3) the advisory council's analysis of the policies, practices, and protocols in this state concerning patients' rights related to palliative care, including:
(A) whether a palliative care team member may introduce palliative care options to a patient without the consent of the patient's attending physician;
(B) the practices and protocols for discussions between a palliative care team member and a patient on life-sustaining treatment or advance directives decisions; and
(C) the practices and protocols on informed consent and disclosure requirements for palliative care services.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 356 (H.B. 1874), Sec. 2, eff. June 9, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.118.htm
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