The law you just described is the one I was asking about, SRS. It was also discussed in the link I put in my 21 Mar 05 - 08:32 PM post to this thread.

Apparently, according to Texas law, a hospital can make decisions about life support independent of the wishes of the families of the patients in question, based on the family's ability to pay. I'm pretty uncomfortable with the idea that lack of financial means can be used as the deciding factor for hospitals to determine which people will be allowed to remain on life support, and which ones won't. Especially if the the wish of the person responsible for the patient is for the patient to remain on life support. It's a very tricky question, though, and I don't think there are any easy answers.