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IntroducedOct 31, 2025
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Passed Senate
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Passed House
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Became Law
Patient-directed Medical Orders; Revising definitions and defining the term “patient-directed medical order”; authorizing the execution of a patient-directed medical order for a specified purpose; requiring that certain health care services be provided to the principal regardless of the decision to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging procedures; authorizing physicians, physician assistants, and advanced practice registered nurses to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging procedures under certain circumstances without penalty; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to create and update a database for the storage of patient-directed medical orders, etc.
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- Jan 13, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
- Dec 10, 2025 | Senate
- Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
- Dec 09, 2025 | Senate
- Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- Dec 01, 2025 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 12/09/25, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- Nov 17, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
- Oct 31, 2025 | Senate
- Filed
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