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HJ 61 Life-prolonging care; Joint Commission on Health Care to study legal and regulatory requirements.

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SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; legal and regulatory requirements regarding life-prolonging care; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study current legal and regulatory requirements regarding the medical appropriateness of life-prolonging care and options to clarify due diligence and the appropriate course of action when no physician can be found to carry out a patient's requests.


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