A bill for an act relating to health care decisions related to palliative care, hospice programs, life-sustaining procedures, and out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate orders.

Summary

The proposal adds new definitions for terms such as “attorney in fact,” “close adult friend,” and “serious illness,” and expands who may place a terminally ill, incapacitated patient into hospice. It creates a priority list—starting with a durable power of attorney and ending with a close adult friend—for making those decisions, and clarifies when life‑sustaining procedures can be withheld. The changes aim to give patients’ wishes clearer pathways for end‑of‑life care when they cannot speak for themselves.

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