{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.047","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.047","heading":"HONORING DIRECTIVE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE OFFENSE OF AIDING SUICIDE.","body":"A person does not commit an offense under Section 22.08, Penal Code, by withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment from a qualified patient in accordance with this subchapter.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Renumbered from Sec. 672.017 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#166.047","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"d0081bcae624241ad0714c121091a53c202abdc6134a597c0e30948fd43dd716","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.0465","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.048"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}