Establishes the Designated Health Care Decision-Maker Act, which authorizes certain persons to make health care decisions for certain incapacitated persons
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- Apr 8, 2026
What it does
SCS/SB 1536 - This act establishes the Designated Health Care Decision-Maker Act. Specifically, a health care provider or health care facility may rely on good faith and reasonable medical judgment for health care decisions made by designated health care decision-makers if two physicians determine that the patient is incapacitated. The physician or the physician's designee shall make reasonable efforts, as described in the act, to inform potential designated health care decision-makers of a patient's incapacitation.\r \r \tDesignated health care decision-makers may be selected from the following persons listed by priority: \r \t(1)\tThe spouse of the patient; \r \t(2)\tAn adult child of the…
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