{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-137.009","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 137.009","heading":"CONFLICTING OR CONTRARY PROVISIONS.","body":"(a) Mental health treatment instructions contained in a declaration executed in accordance with this chapter supersede any contrary or conflicting instructions given by:\n(1) a medical power of attorney under Subchapter D, Chapter 166, Health and Safety Code; or\n(2) a guardian appointed under Title 3, Estates Code, after the execution of the declaration.\n(b) Mental health treatment instructions contained in a declaration executed in accordance with this chapter shall be conclusive evidence of a declarant's preference in a medication hearing under Section 574.106, Health and Safety Code.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1318, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 22.010, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 137. DECLARATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.137.htm#137.009","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"bc31c27f81284784ef64629b962600ad840d628e320f3f95399131c216258d9c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-137.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-137.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}