{"id":2016787,"date":"2023-08-30T13:25:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T17:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-life-support-all-you-need-to-know-about-a-new-law-expanding-notification-to-stop-end-of-life-care\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T13:28:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T17:28:35","slug":"texas-life-support-all-you-need-to-know-about-a-new-law-expanding-notification-to-stop-end-of-life-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-life-support-all-you-need-to-know-about-a-new-law-expanding-notification-to-stop-end-of-life-care\/","title":{"rendered":"New Texas law broadens notification for halting life support"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-life-support-all-you-need-to-know-about-a-new-law-expanding-notification-to-stop-end-of-life-care%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2016787&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A New Texas Law Extends Notification \u2063Period for Life Support Removal<\/h2>\n<p>A\u200c new state law \u2063in\u200b Texas \u200dis set to go into effect on Friday, bringing significant changes to \u2062the notification period for hospitals informing families about the removal of life support from their loved ones. \u200bThis law, \u2064signed by Gov. \u2064Greg Abbott \u200c(R-TX) in June, \u200cextends the notice period from 10 days to 25 days, granting families\u200b more time to find alternative healthcare\u2063 facilities for continued\u200c patient care. \u200dNotably, Texas is among the few states \u200bthat require \u2063formal notification regarding the termination of life support.<\/p>\n<h3>Key \u200cDetails about the \u200dNew Texas Law<\/h3>\n<p>Let&#8217;s delve into the specifics of\u2062 this new state law, \u200dknown as House Bill 3162:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Doctors are now required to inform family members \u2064of patients on life support \u2063about\u2062 their intention to\u2062 cease life-preserving measures at least 25 \u200bdays in advance, a significant \u2064increase from the \u200cprevious 10-day\u2063 requirement.<\/li>\n<li>Families are granted the opportunity\u200d to participate in \u2064an ethics review meeting that evaluates\u2063 a\u2063 doctor&#8217;s decision to end life support.<\/li>\n<li>Hospitals\u2064 must track and\u200c report to the Health and Human Services\u2063 Commission when\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-life-support-all-you-need-to-know-about-a-new-law-expanding-notification-to-stop-end-of-life-care\/\" title=\"New Texas law broadens notification for halting life support\">doctors withdraw \u200clife-sustaining\u200b care<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If a\u2063 family wishes to\u200c transfer the \u2064care of their loved\u200c one, doctors are obligated to perform \u2063all necessary surgeries and procedures to facilitate the transfer.<\/li>\n<li>Doctors are prohibited\u200c from dismissing a patient&#8217;s Do Not Resuscitate\u200c order.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Under the Texas Advance Directives \u2063Act of 1999,\u200b life support can be removed when the hospital deems care \u2064to be\u2063 &#8220;futile.&#8221; However, patients still \u200cretain \u2063the \u2063ability to express\u2064 their desired care preferences through a directive and appoint an agent to make medical decisions on their behalf\u2063 when they are unable.<\/p>\n<h3>Public Reaction and \u200cFuture Considerations<\/h3>\n<p>Lawmakers\u200c have long sought\u2062 to amend this law, and while both medical professionals and patients view \u200bthe new legislation\u200c as a\u200c positive step, some argue that it falls short of \u200btheir expectations. Certain groups advocate\u200c for the elimination of\u2062 the notification period, insisting\u2064 that hospitals should \u2064be required to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/betsy-mccaughey-hospitals-need-to-defer-to-families-on-life-and-death-issues\/\" title=\"Betsy McCaughey: Hospitals Need to Defer to Families on Life-and-Death Issues\">continue life support<\/a> until families secure\u200b alternative arrangements or decide \u200dto withdraw life support.<\/p>\n<p>John Seago, President of Texas \u2062Right To Life, expressed his perspective on the matter, stating, &#8220;While 25 days is not anywhere close to where we want\u200c to be, this package also had other\u2064 meaningful reforms of the process that are going to be good for\u200d Texas. We were also talking about other good changes to make the process more pro-patient and pro-family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The new law will officially take\u200b effect on Friday, September\u2064 1, 2023, \u2062having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-demand-hold-on-biden-commerce-pick-over-huawei-concerns\/\" title=\"Republicans Demand Hold on Biden Commerce Pick Over Huawei Concerns\">garnered bipartisan support<\/a> in \u200dboth chambers\u2063 during its passage in May.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">here<\/a> \u2064to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting this Friday, a Texas state law signed by Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) in June will be enforced. The law extends the notification period for hospitals to inform families about their loved ones being removed from life support, increasing it from 10 days to 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2016788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2016787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2016787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2016788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2016787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2016787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2016787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}