Section 142A.0001 - Definition In this chapter, "supportive palliative care" means physician-directed interdisciplinary patient- and family-centered care provided to a patient with a serious illness without regard to the patient's age or terminal prognosis that:
(1) may be provided concurrently with methods of treatment or therapies that seek to cure or minimize the effects of the patient's illness; and(2) seeks to optimize the quality of life for a patient with a life-threatening or life-limiting illness and the patient's family through various methods, including methods that seek to: (A) anticipate, prevent, and treat the patient's total suffering related to the patient's physical, emotional, social, and spiritual condition;(B) address the physical, intellectual, emotional, cultural, social, and spiritual needs of the patient; and(C) facilitate for the patient regarding treatment options, education, informed consent, and expression of desires.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 142A.0001
Added by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 609,Sec. 1, eff. 6/10/2019.