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Committee hears emotional testimony on bills creating next-of-kin medical decision process
Summary
House Bills 4418 and 4419 would establish a prioritized next-of-kin or surrogate decision-maker pathway for people who lack a patient advocate designation, supporters said, while preserving guardianship and encouraging advance directives.
The Michigan House Judiciary Committee on May 22 heard extended testimony supporting House Bills 4418 and 4419, legislation that would create a statutory framework naming prioritized next-of-kin or surrogate medical decision makers when an adult lacks a patient advocate designation or other advance medical directive.
Representative Thompson, one of the sponsors, opened with a personal account of caring for her father and said Michigan’s current rules forced families into the guardianship process in urgent situations. “I did not want to spend the last 3 days of my father's life in court trying to get guardianship of him when I am his daughter,” she told the…
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