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Senate Bill 11 (1st C.S.) |
Senate Author: Perry et al. |
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Effective: 4-1-18 |
House Sponsor: Bonnen, Greg et al. |
Senate Bill 11 amends the Health and Safety Code to set out the circumstances under which a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order issued for a patient in a health care facility or hospital is valid and other general procedures and requirements relating to such an order. The bill sets out provisions relating to notice requirements for DNR orders and the revocation of DNR orders, procedures for a failure to execute DNR orders or patient instructions, and related limitations of liability. The bill creates a Class A misdemeanor for certain persons who intentionally conceal, cancel, effectuate, or falsify another person's DNR order or conceal or withhold personal knowledge of another person's revocation of a DNR order in violation of the bill's provisions and provides for related review and disciplinary action.