We support patients’ rights, especially near the end of life, and call for reform of existing legislation so that: 1. Texas law should provide that medical personnel may not deny care, change advanced directives, or originate directives for any patient without the permission of the patient or the patient’s designate. 2. We also support the passage of legislation to amend the Advance Directives Act by requiring hospitals intending or threatening to withdraw life-sustaining treatment against the patient’s wishes or their advance directive to continue all treatment and care for such patients pending transfer to another facility. 3. We also support legislation repealing the unethical “Ten-Day Rule” in Section 166.046, Health and Safety Code, which allows physicians to withdraw basic life-sustaining treatment (like a ventilator) after an impending countdown.