Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 166.159 — DISCRIMINATION RELATING TO EXECUTION OF MEDICAL POWER OF ATTORNEY

HS § 166.159Title 2. HEALTH · Part H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS · Ch. 166. ADVANCE DIRECTIVES · Art. D. MEDICAL POWER OF ATTORNEY

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A health or residential care provider, health care service plan, insurer issuing disability insurance, self-insured employee benefit plan, or nonprofit hospital service plan may not:

(1)charge a person a different rate solely because the person has executed a medical power of attorney;

(2)require a person to execute a medical power of attorney before:

(A)admitting the person to a hospital, nursing home, or residential care home;

(B)insuring the person; or

(C)allowing the person to receive health or residential care; or

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 3.02(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991. Renumbered from Civil Practice & Remedies Code Sec. 135.009 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.