Texas Statutes

§ 1003.051 — DEFINITIONS.

Texas § 1003.051
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Tex. Health and Safety Code Code Ann. § 1003.051 (2026).

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Sec. 1003.051. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:

(1)"Investigational stem cell treatment" means an adult stem cell treatment that:
(A)is under investigation in a clinical trial and being administered to human participants in that trial; and
(B)has not yet been approved for general use by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
(2)"Severe chronic disease" means a condition, injury, or illness that:
(A)may be treated;
(B)is never cured or eliminated; and
(C)entails significant functional impairment or severe pain.
(3)"Terminal illness" means an advanced stage of a disease with an unfavorable prognosis that, without life-sustaining procedures, will soon result in death or a state of permanent unconsciousness from which recovery is unlikely.

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Legislative History

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 697 (H.B. 810 ), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2017.

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