|
REFERENCE TITLE: health care decisions; living wills |
|
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024
|
|
HB 2254 |
|
|
|
Introduced by Representative Wilmeth: Senator Burch
|
An Act
amending section 36-3261, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to living wills.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 36-3261, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
36-3261. Living will; verification; liability
A. An adult may prepare a written statement known as a living will to control the health care treatment decisions that can be made on that person's behalf, including:
1. Hospice care.
2. The use of medications for the management of pain and suffering.
3. How and under what circumstances the ingestion of food and liquids may be limited or discontinued.
B. The person may use the living will as part of or instead of a health care power of attorney or to disqualify a surrogate.
B. C. If the living will is not part of a health care power of attorney, the person shall verify his the person's living will in the same manner as prescribed by section 36-3221.
C. D. A health care provider who makes good faith health care decisions based on the provisions of an apparently genuine living will is immune from criminal and civil liability for those decisions to the same extent and under the same conditions as prescribed in section 36-3205.