Health: patient directives; Michigan medical treatment decisions act; enact. Creates new act.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Overview
This bill establishes the Michigan Medical Treatment Decisions Act, which outlines a process for making medical treatment decisions for adults who are unable to make them themselves. It prioritizes individuals like spouses, adult children, and surrogates when a patient cannot communicate their wishes, and requires healthcare providers to consider the patient's known desires and best interests. The act also includes specific prohibitions on certain types of medical treatment, such as sterilization and involuntary admission to certain facilities.
Key provisions
- Establishes a framework for making medical treatment decisions when a patient cannot.
- Defines terms like 'attending physician,' 'guardian,' and 'reasonably available individual'.
- Outlines a priority order for individuals authorized to make decisions.
- Prohibits the withholding or withdrawing of treatment that would result in death, sterilization, or termination of pregnancy.
- Requires healthcare providers to communicate with the patient and consider their objections.
- Specifies that the act does not supersede advance directives like physician orders for scope of treatment or do-not-resuscitate orders.
- Creates liability for healthcare providers implementing treatment decisions made under the act.
Who is affected
- Patients who are unable to make their own medical decisions.
- Family members and friends who may be designated to make decisions.
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