Tex. Health & Safety Code § 166.161 · Subchapter D. MEDICAL POWER OF ATTORNEY
LIABILITY FOR HEALTH CARE COSTS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Liability for the cost of health care provided as a result of the agent's decision is the same as if the health care were provided as a result of the principal's decision.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 3.02(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991. Renumbered from Civil Practice & Remedies Code Sec. 135.011 by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.05, 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
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- 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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