Prevents discrimination against persons with disabilities in health care by prohibiting certain assumptions and metrics.
Massachusetts S869 aims to prevent discrimination against persons with disabilities in health care by prohibiting the use of assumptions or metrics that devalue the lives of individuals with disabilities. It bans plans that deny or reduce priority for lifesaving treatment based on disability or chronic health conditions. The bill also restricts hospitals from conditioning treatment on advance directives and mandates the Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement these provisions.
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