{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.050","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.050","heading":"MERCY KILLING NOT CONDONED.","body":"This subchapter does not condone, authorize, or approve mercy killing or permit an affirmative or deliberate act or omission to end life except to permit the natural process of dying as provided by this subchapter.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Renumbered from Sec. 672.020 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#166.050","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"d2811144cae63ba8492ceb290615f27426069ee034fa4f8747e2443ec0f3cca3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.049","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}