(Austin) Families that disagree with a hospital’s decision to withdraw life-sustaining treatment from a gravely ill patient would have up to 45 days to find a different hospital or healthcare facility under a bill approved by the Senate on Tuesday. Current law provides only ten days, which author and Mineola Senator Bryan Hughes says isn’t enough time to find a new facility. “Everyone, I think, agrees: that is not long enough,” he said. “Many times […]
