Execution of Advance Directive May Not Be Required

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.007, under Chapter 166.

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.007

Sec. 166.007. EXECUTION OF ADVANCE DIRECTIVE MAY NOT BE REQUIRED. A physician, health facility, health care provider, insurer, or health care service plan may not require a person to execute or issue an advance directive as a condition for obtaining insurance for health care services or receiving health care services. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.