Sec. 166.157.  DISCLOSURE OF MEDICAL INFORMATION.  Subject to any limitations in the medical power of attorney, an agent may, for the purpose of making a health care decision:
(1)  request, review, and receive any information, oral or written, regarding the principal's physical or mental health, including medical and hospital records;
(2)  execute a release or other document required to obtain the information;  and
(3)  consent to the disclosure of the information.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 3.02(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.  Renumbered from Civil Practice & Remedies Code Sec. 135.007 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 450, Sec. 1.05, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.