{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-493.018","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 493.018","heading":"CARE OF TERMINALLY ILL INMATES.","body":"(a) The department may provide direct hospice services for terminally ill inmates and defendants confined in facilities operated by the department or may contract with a licensed hospice for the provision of those services. Hospice services established by the department shall meet licensure standards established under Chapter 142, Health and Safety Code, except for those standards which are determined to be in conflict with security considerations in the institutional setting.\n(b) In this section, \"hospice\" and \"hospice services\" have the meanings assigned to those terms by Section 142.001, Health and Safety Code.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 769, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Renumbered from Government Code Sec. 493.014 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 31.01(39), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE G. CORRECTIONS","CHAPTER 493. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: ORGANIZATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.493.htm#493.018","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"1ea705339f7b3e9a1567a0a2c8e709693de2a9707be6a7e02df14d40e68a81a7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-493.017","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-493.019"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}