Hawaii SB1323 updates health-care decision laws by adopting the Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act (2023).

Hawaii SB1323 modernizes the state's laws on advance health-care directives and mental health-care directives by adopting the Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act (2023). This bill consolidates and updates existing laws to provide a unified framework for health-care decisions. Key provisions include the ability for individuals to create advance health-care directives and mental health-care directives, the appointment of agents and default surrogates to make health-care decisions, and protections for health-care professionals and institutions acting in good faith.

Hawaii SB1323 updates health-care decision laws by adopting the Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act (2023).

Hawaii SB1323 modernizes the state's laws on advance health-care directives and mental health-care directives by adopting the Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act (2023). This bill consolidates and updates existing laws to provide a unified framework for health-care decisions. Key provisions include the ability for individuals to create advance health-care directives and mental health-care directives, the appointment of agents and default surrogates to make health-care decisions, and protections for health-care professionals and institutions acting in good faith.