The proposed "Uniform Health Care Decisions Act of 2025" aims to enhance the clarity and efficiency of advance health care directives in Oklahoma. It introduces key definitions and establishes a presumption of capacity for individuals making health care decisions, along with the rights to challenge capacity findings. The bill outlines the responsibilities of health care professionals regarding documentation and the appointment of agents, while also creating provisions for advance mental health care directives. It emphasizes the importance of respecting individuals' preferences in health care decision-making and ensures that their wishes are honored, even when they cannot communicate them directly.

Additionally, the bill introduces new requirements for creating advance health care directives, including the necessity of two adult witnesses and the conditions for revocation. It establishes a process for resolving conflicts among default surrogates and clarifies the legal standing of both physical and electronic copies of directives. The legislation protects agents and surrogates from liability when acting in good faith and prohibits coercive practices related to advance directives. Importantly, it explicitly states that it does not permit mercy killing, assisted suicide, or euthanasia, and it will take effect on November 1, 2025, while repealing several existing laws on advance health care directives.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 63-3101.1, 63-3101.2, 63-3101.3, 63-3101.4, 63-3101.5, 63-3101.6, 63-3101.7, 63-3101.8, 63-3101.9, 63-3101.10, 63-3101.11, 63-3101.12, 63-3101.13, 63-3101.14, 63-3101.15, 63-3101.16