{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-313.006","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 313.006","heading":"LIABILITY FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT COSTS.","body":"Liability for the cost of medical treatment provided as a result of consent to medical treatment by a surrogate decision-maker is the same as the liability for that cost if the medical treatment were provided as a result of the patient's own consent to the treatment.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 407, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE F. POWERS AND DUTIES OF HOSPITALS","CHAPTER 313. CONSENT TO MEDICAL TREATMENT ACT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.313.htm#313.006","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"acb004604cacc42ce23eba0ee6cdee25fb1f0f41a37497f413d20096d23b6677","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-313.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-313.007"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}