83R9635 JSC-F
By: Rodriguez of Travis H.B. No. 2470
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to venue for actions to revoke certain medical powers of
attorney.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 166.165(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A person who is a near relative of the principal or a
responsible adult who is directly interested in the principal,
including a guardian, social worker, physician, or clergyman, may
bring an action in statutory probate court or, if there is no
statutory probate court, in district court to request that the
medical power of attorney be revoked because the principal, at the
time the medical power of attorney was signed:
(1) was not competent; or
(2) was under duress, fraud, or undue influence.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an
action brought under Section 166.165(a), Health and Safety Code, on
or after the effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the
power of attorney was executed before, on, or after the effective
date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.