Amends the authority of an attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney for health care.
The bill amends the authority of an attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney for health care. It requires the attorney to give preference to the principal's desires as expressed in the durable power of attorney, a declaration relating to the use of life-sustaining procedures, or made known to the attorney by the principal. The authority of the attorney shall not be restricted by the principal's desires expressed verbally to a person other than the attorney or in another document, unless the document authorizing the durable power of attorney states in a separate section that the.
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