{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.009","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.009","heading":"CERTAIN LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT NOT REQUIRED.","body":"This chapter may not be construed to require the provision of life-sustaining treatment that cannot be provided to a patient without denying the same treatment to another patient.\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#166.009","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"ce9a8468bd36e74d54feb57d1e74aa53b145f18b82eb8f9e0c2ccdf144692e4e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}