Bill Title: Requires that patient hospital admissions form allow patient to designate a domestic partner with the same privileges as a next-of-kin respecting visitation and the authorizing of surgery for a patient in the absence and unavailability of a next-of-kin or nearest relative where the patient has given no specific instructions and becomes unable to execute a health care proxy or make decisions about his/her health care.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to health [A03007 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

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Introduced	2011-05-30	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

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