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Relating to the authority of an attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney for health care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 11, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 11, 2025
- Done: House committeeFebruary 12, 2026
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 2570
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 2570 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 2570 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary People who make a health care power of attorney can choose someone to make medical decisions for them. This change requires the person in charge to prioritize the wishes written in the legal documents or those told directly to them. Their authority cannot be limited by verbal comments made to others or by other documents unless the power of attorney specifically lists those limits in its own section.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the authority of an attorney in fact (attorney) under a durable power of attorney for health care (durable power of attorney). _____ of attorney. If the principal executes a declaration related to life-sustaining procedures, the declaration shall not be interpreted to prohibit the attorney from withdrawing hydration or nutrition in certain circumstances, or otherwise restrict the authority of the attorney. The bill amends the attorney’s duty by requiring the attorney to give preference to the desires of the principal as expressed in the durable power of attorney, a declaration relating to the use of life-sustaining procedures, or made known to the attorney by the principal. The bill provides that the authority of the attorney shall not be restricted by the principal’s desires expressed verbally to a person other than the attorney, or in another document, unless the document authorizing the durable power of attorney states in a separate section that the durable power of attorney is limited, and includes the limitations on the attorney’s authority.
House subcommittee
Named January 29, 2026. On February 4, 2026 it recommended passage.
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