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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.051

LEGAL RIGHT OR RESPONSIBILITY NOT AFFECTED

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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 166.051, LEGAL RIGHT OR RESPONSIBILITY NOT AFFECTED, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/668688
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This subchapter does not impair or supersede any legal right or responsibility a person may have to effect the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in a lawful manner, provided that if an attending physician or health care facility is unwilling to honor a patient's advance directive or a treatment decision to provide life-sustaining treatment, life-sustaining treatment is required to be provided the patient, but only until a reasonable opportunity has been afforded for transfer of the patient to another physician or health care facility willing to comply with the advance directive or treatment decision.