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S.B. 134 Health Care Decisions Act Amendments (2025)

Became lawWritten by Sen. Michael K. McKell · carried in the House by Rep. Jordan D. Teuscher

  1. Introduced
  2. Senate committee
  3. Senate vote
  4. House committee
  5. House vote
  6. Signed into law

What this bill does

The bill would adopt the Uniform Health Care Decisions Act, setting rules for who makes medical decisions for patients who cannot decide for themselves, and repeal older advance directive provisions. It would add rules for mental health care directives, create an optional form, let health care providers serve as surrogate decision makers in limited cases, and set liability protections.

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Official description
  • defines terms
  • enacts the Uniform Health Care Decisions Act
  • enacts provisions related to advance health care directives including mental health care directives
  • creates an optional form
  • enacts provisions related to allowing a health care provider to be a surrogate for health care decision making in limited circumstances
  • enacts provisions related to liability and immunity regarding health care decision making
  • repeals provisions related to advance-health care directives not contained in the Uniform Health Care Decisions Act
  • renumbers sections pertaining to orders for life sustaining treatment
  • makes conforming and technical changes
Full text and history on le.utah.gov →

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