{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.007","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.007","heading":"EXECUTION OF ADVANCE DIRECTIVE MAY NOT BE REQUIRED.","body":"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.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 166. ADVANCE DIRECTIVES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.166.htm#166.007","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"b12643776a9a3cc54510aeb9720b42923b18eb6296a91bbcda2b32c7d249b6cd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.008"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}