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Committee backs 'trusted decision maker' option to fill gaps when advance directives are absent (HB 825)
Summary
House Bill 825 would allow a patient to designate a trusted decision maker orally to the treating clinician and have that designation entered into the medical record when the patient still has capacity. Supporters called it a practical gap‑filler; the committee advanced the bill to the House floor.
Representative Melody Cunningham introduced House Bill 825 to create a statutory mechanism allowing an individual to designate a ‘‘trusted decision maker’’ by informing a clinician while the patient still has decision‑making capacity. The designation would be recorded in the medical chart and, when present, would enter the statutory hierarchy of surrogate decision makers when a patient later lacks capacity.
Nut graf: Supporters said the change would fill practical gaps for patients who have not completed formal advance…
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