{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.037","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.037","heading":"PATIENT DESIRE SUPERSEDES DIRECTIVE.","body":"The desire of a qualified patient, including a qualified patient younger than 18 years of age, supersedes the effect of a directive.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Renumbered from Sec. 672.007 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 166. ADVANCE DIRECTIVES","SUBCHAPTER B. DIRECTIVE TO PHYSICIANS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.166.htm#166.037","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"c6e68e94533ce2f8296ec01c62f75df63e849471c215525d00bc33e44b69e20d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.036","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.038"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}