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Bill would let patients name an immediate ‘trusted decision maker’ at point of care; backed by medical societies
Summary
House Bill 825 would let a patient designate a trusted decision maker to be recorded in the medical chart by a clinician if the patient has capacity but prefers a quicker, simpler proxy mechanism than a notarized advance directive or durable medical power of attorney.
Representative Cindy Cunningham introduced House Bill 825, which would allow an adult with decisional capacity to designate a “trusted decision maker” to make medical decisions should they lose capacity later in the same episode of care. The sponsor said the mechanism is intended as a practical, immediate tool when a patient is able to make a choice but has not completed a durable power of attorney or formal advance directive.
Medical organizations and practicing clinicians…
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