{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-142a.0001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 142A.0001","heading":"DEFINITION.","body":"In this chapter, \"supportive palliative care\" means physician-directed interdisciplinary patient- and family-centered care provided to a patient with a serious illness without regard to the patient's age or terminal prognosis that:\n(1) may be provided concurrently with methods of treatment or therapies that seek to cure or minimize the effects of the patient's illness; and\n(2) seeks to optimize the quality of life for a patient with a life-threatening or life-limiting illness and the patient's family through various methods, including methods that seek to:\n(A) anticipate, prevent, and treat the patient's total suffering related to the patient's physical, emotional, social, and spiritual condition;\n(B) address the physical, intellectual, emotional, cultural, social, and spiritual needs of the patient; and\n(C) facilitate for the patient regarding treatment options, education, informed consent, and expression of desires.\nAdded by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 609 (S.B. 916), Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 2019.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE G. LICENSES AND OTHER REGULATION","CHAPTER 142A. SUPPORTIVE PALLIATIVE CARE SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.142A.htm#142A.0001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"589d9efdc9ad272e4f26e3946bfac6f4aaa7b2ab7d4753f7737d447e7d29ed7a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-142.044","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-142a.0002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}