{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.099","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.099","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.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 10, eff. June 16, 1995. Renumbered from Sec. 674.021 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.04, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 166. ADVANCE DIRECTIVES","SUBCHAPTER C. OUT-OF-HOSPITAL DO-NOT-RESUSCITATE ORDERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.166.htm#166.099","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"82a771b9cbe638a53e1d05338ee1c7dded2fc9e39a0ee1f273c79a4476cf24b6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.098","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-166.100"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}