Texas § 166.159 DISCRIMINATION RELATING TO EXECUTION OF MEDICAL POWER OF ATTORNEY.

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

Texas § 166.159

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Tex. Health and Safety Code Code Ann. § 166.159 (2026).

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Sec. 166.159. DISCRIMINATION RELATING TO EXECUTION OF MEDICAL POWER OF ATTORNEY. 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

(3)refuse health or residential care to a person solely because the person has executed a medical power of attorney.

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Sec. 166.159. DISCRIMINATION RELATING TO EXECUTION OF MEDICAL POWER OF ATTORNEY. 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
(3) refuse health or residential care to a person solely because the person has executed a medical power of attorney.

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.