Tex. Health & Safety Code § 491.055 · Subchapter B. ACCESS TO INDIVIDUALIZED INVESTIGATIONAL TREATMENT
DEBT LIABILITY ON DEATH OF PATIENT.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If a patient dies while receiving an individualized investigational treatment, the patient's heirs are not liable for any outstanding debt related to the treatment or lack of health coverage due to the treatment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 285 (S.B. 984), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.491.V3.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 c6ab0f517786a0d3def9a3d64142029b3ae9c81b4fe689c59a274c732a2de1df
- 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
- the Legislature enacted more than one unit numbered 491.055; this is the one the Council prints in hs.491.v3.htm
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