Tex. Health & Safety Code § 166.049 · Subchapter B. DIRECTIVE TO PHYSICIANS
PREGNANT PATIENTS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person may not withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatment under this subchapter from a pregnant patient.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Renumbered from Sec. 672.019 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.166.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 df9ab938ae7e7970fd5e5b8947312c5e1b7271b3d08b1d40f07fb0b3f80f8c19
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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