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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the award of attorney's fees, costs, and certain |
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damages in a proceeding to revoke a medical power of attorney. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 166.165, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) The court shall award reasonable attorney's fees and |
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court costs to the prevailing party. The court may award other |
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appropriate relief, including the health care costs incurred during |
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an unwarranted delay in the revocation of a medical power of |
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attorney. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |