{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-311.021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 311.021","heading":"DEFINITION.","body":"In this subchapter, \"emergency services\" means services that are usually and customarily available at a hospital and that must be provided immediately to:\n(1) sustain a person's life;\n(2) prevent serious permanent disfigurement or loss or impairment of the function of a body part or organ; or\n(3) provide for the care of a woman in active labor or, if the hospital is not equipped for that service, to provide necessary treatment to allow the woman to travel to a more appropriate facility without undue risk of serious harm.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE F. POWERS AND DUTIES OF HOSPITALS","CHAPTER 311. POWERS AND DUTIES OF HOSPITALS","SUBCHAPTER B. EMERGENCY SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.311.htm#311.021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"15ea795152fc5c52e9f4e44652995f47bd92cfd2c0467c59695c07ddaea17f2a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-311.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-311.022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}