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Summary of Health Care Decision Statutes Enacted in 2020-2021

(2 days ago) (AD) 2021 Colo. Legis. Serv. Ch. 115 (S.B. 21-195). Approved May 7, 2021. Effective May 7, 2021. An Act Concerning Permitting Notarization of Certain Probate Documents. This provision amends the … See more

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Summary of Health Care Decision Statutes Enacted in 2018

(9 days ago) WebHawaii. (DS) 2018 Hawaii Laws Act 125 (H.B. 1812). Approved July 5, 2018. Effective October 1, 2018. The purpose of this Act is to clarify that health care surrogates appointed under section 327E–5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, may operate as authorized representatives in order to act on behalf of a patient during the Medicaid application …

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_aging/publications/bifocal/vol-40/issue-2-november-december-2018/2018-health-care-decision-statutes/

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Who Decides When a Patient Can’t? Statutes on Alternate …

(3 days ago) WebThe group most commonly prohibited from serving as alternate decision makers is health care providers, with 35 states limiting or prohibiting their service in this role. Of the 51 jurisdictions, 41 have a provision allowing for appointment of a default surrogate for medical decision making in the absence of an agent (Fig. 1). Six states include

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5527273/

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Maryland Attorney General - Health Care Decisions Act

(8 days ago) WebSlideshow presenting the Act's framework for health care decision-making as well as information about the Maryland Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) form. If you would like a representative from the Office of the Attorney General to do a presentation at your facility or group, please call 410-767-6918. Documenting Surrogate

https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/Pages/HealthPolicy/hcda.aspx

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Who Decides When a Patient Can’t? Statutes on Alternate …

(3 days ago) WebA: DeMartino et al. use “alternate decision maker” to refer to any person participating in decision making for an incapacitated patient, regardless of whether he or she was appointed by the court, the patient (in an advance directive), or a default-surrogate statute. Required attributes for alternate decision makers vary substantially among

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Code of Virginia Code - Article 8. Health Care Decisions Act

(9 days ago) Web§ 54.1-2990. Medically unnecessary health care not required; procedure when physician refuses to comply with an advance directive or a designated person's health care decision; mercy killing or euthanasia prohibited. A. As used in this section: "Health care provider" has the same meaning as in § 8.01-581.1.

https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacodefull/title54.1/chapter29/article8/

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Older Adults and Health Care Decision Making in Clinical …

(5 days ago) WebOver the past 40 years, nearly every state has passed statutes on health care decision-making.1 Though the laws vary from state to state, many statutes include standard forms for “living will directives” or “Powers of Attorney for Health Care,” and specify signing requirements for the advance directives to be valid. Most states have statues

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Who Decides When a Patient Can’t? Statutes on Alternate …

(1 days ago) WebStaff and Proxy Views of Multiple Family Member Involvement in Decision Making for Nursing Home Residents With Advanced Dementia, Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing, 25, 5, (263-270), (2023

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms1611497

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The New Uniform Health Care Decisions Act: An Overview

(4 days ago) WebThe Act modernizes and expands on the Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act approved by the Uniform Law Commission (“ULC”) in 1993. In building on the earlier Act, it takes advantage of two decades of experience with—and research on—health-care decision-making. Seven key improvements are perhaps particularly notable.

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_aging/publications/bifocal/vol45/vol45issue1/new-health-care-decisions-act/

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New Hampshire Statutes - Table of Contents - New Hampshire …

(1 days ago) WebNew Hampshire Statutes Table of Contents CHAPTER 137-J: WRITTEN DIRECTIVES FOR MEDICAL DECISION MAKING FOR ADULTS WITHOUT CAPACITY TO MAKE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS. Section: 137-J:1 Purpose and Policy. Section: 137-J:2 Definitions. Section: 137-J:3 Freedom From Influence; Notice Required. Section: 137-J:4 …

https://gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/NHTOC/NHTOC-X-137-J.htm

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The Evolution of Health Care Advance Planning Law and Policy

(3 days ago) WebAbstract. Context: The legal tools of health care advance planning have substantially changed since their emergence in the mid-1970s. Thirty years of policy development, primarily at the state legislative level addressing surrogate decision making and advance directives, have resulted in a disjointed policy landscape, yet with important points

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2980344/

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Sec. 145C.07 MN Statutes

(8 days ago) WebSubdivision 1. Authority. The health care agent has authority to make any particular health care decision only if the principal lacks decision-making capacity, in the determination of the attending physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant, to make or communicate that health care decision; or if other conditions for

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/145C.07

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Who Decides When a Patient Can’t? Statutes on - ProQuest

(3 days ago) WebPatients often reside in one state and receive care in another, and about one fifth of U.S. physicians maintain medical licenses in multiple states. 9 When faced with variable local statutes, health care systems that cross state lines may struggle to formulate uniform institutional policies regarding medical decision making for patients who

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Sec. 144.651 MN Statutes - MN Revisor's Office

(8 days ago) WebWith respect to making a health care decision, a health care directive or appointment of a health care agent under chapter 145C prevails over a designation made under this paragraph. The commissioner of human services shall notify the revisor of statutes when federal approval is obtained. Laws 2021, chapter 30, article 17, section 114

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/144.651

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Default Surrogate Statutes - American Bar Association

(9 days ago) WebDefault surrogate statutes provide patients with a healthcare decision-maker when no healthcare agent or guardian has been appointed. These statutes may also provide guidance for how healthcare decisions should be made. As states continue to update and, in some cases, expand their statutes, this article describes several recent trends in

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_aging/publications/bifocal/vol44/bifocal-vol-44-issue3/recent-updates-to-default-surrogate-statutes/

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311.631 Responsible parties authorized to make health care …

(6 days ago) Web(5) An individual authorized to make a health care decision under this section may authorize the withdrawal or withholding of artificially-provided nutrition and hydration only in the circumstances as set forth in KRS 311.629(3). Effective: July 13, 2004 History: Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 116, sec. 19, effective July 13, 2004. -- Created

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=30569

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Who Decides When a Patient Can t? Statutes on Alternate …

(1 days ago) Webcare in another, and about one fifth of U.S. phy - sicians maintain medical licenses in multiple states.9 When faced with variable local statutes, health care systems that cross state lines may struggle to formulate uniform institutional poli - cies regarding medical decision making for pa-tients who lack decisional capacity, especially for

https://nett.umich.edu/sites/default/files/docs/article_1_june_2017.pdf

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Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine

(3 days ago) WebThe surrogate or proxy who makes a health care decision on a patient’s behalf, pursuant to this chapter, is not subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability for such action. FLORIDA STATUTES, ANY INSTRUCTIONS OR HEALTH CARE DECISIONS I MAKE, EITHER VERBALLY OR IN WRITING, WHILE I POSSESS CAPACITY SHALL …

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0765/0765.html

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Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine

(6 days ago) WebThe 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C) Title XLIV. CIVIL RIGHTS. Chapter 765. HEALTH CARE ADVANCE DIRECTIVES. View Entire Chapter. 765.401 The proxy.—. (1) If an incapacitated or developmentally disabled patient has not executed an advance directive, or designated a surrogate to execute an advance directive, or the designated

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0765/Sections/0765.401.html

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Summary of Health Care Decision Statutes Enacted in 2016-2017

(7 days ago) Web2017 Alabama Laws Act 2017-231 (H.B. 96). Approved May 4, 2017. Effective August 1, 2017. This bill established the Assisted Suicide Ban Act, prohibiting a person or a health care provider from providing aid in dying under certain conditions and provides civil and criminal penalties for violations of the Act. Arizona.

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_aging/publications/bifocal/vol--39/issue-3--february-2018-/statutes/

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Section 26:2H-61 - Authority to make health care decisions

(3 days ago) WebIf it has been determined that the patient lacks decision making capacity, a health care representative shall have authority to make health care decisions on behalf of the patient. The health care representative shall act in good faith and within the bounds of the authority granted by the advance directive and by this act. b.

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