Texas Health and Safety Code 118.010 – Report
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 118.010
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005
Not later than October 1 of each even-numbered year, the advisory council shall submit a biennial report to the standing committees of the senate and the house of representatives with primary jurisdiction over health matters on:
(1) the advisory council’s assessment of the availability of palliative care in this state for patients in the early stages of serious disease;
(2) the advisory council’s analysis of barriers to greater access to palliative care; and
(3) the advisory council’s analysis of the policies, practices, and protocols in this state concerning patients’ rights related to palliative care, including:
(A) whether a palliative care team member may introduce palliative care options to a patient without the consent of the patient’s attending physician;
(B) the practices and protocols for discussions between a palliative care team member and a patient on life-sustaining treatment or advance directives decisions; and
(C) the practices and protocols on informed consent and disclosure requirements for palliative care services.