Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 166.006 — EFFECT OF ADVANCE DIRECTIVE ON INSURANCE POLICY AND PREMIUMS

HS § 166.006Title 2. HEALTH · Part H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS · Ch. 166. ADVANCE DIRECTIVES · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)The fact that a person has executed or issued an advance directive does not:

(1)restrict, inhibit, or impair in any manner the sale, procurement, or issuance of a life insurance policy to that person; or

(2)modify the terms of an existing life insurance policy.

(b)Notwithstanding the terms of any life insurance policy, the fact that life-sustaining treatment is withheld or withdrawn from an insured qualified patient under this chapter does not legally impair or invalidate that person's life insurance policy and may not be a factor for the purpose of determining, under the life insurance policy, whether benefits are payable or the cause of death.

(c)The fact that a person has executed or issued or failed to execute or issue an advance directive may not be considered in any way in establishing insurance premiums.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.