High Court Won’t Review Constitutionality Of Texas Advance Directives Act

Mealey's (February 2, 2021, 10:08 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 11 refused to review a case in which a medical center that refused to provide further treatment to a terminally ill patient following a committee meeting on the ethics and medical value of continued care asked it to determine whether a safe harbor provision in the Texas Advance Directives Act is constitutional and whether the center was taking a state action by denying additional care....