AZ SB1298

Requires health care providers to offer terminally ill patients comprehensive information and counseling about legal end-of-life care options upon request, including referral to hospice providers or community-based organizations specializing in end-of-life care.

Mandates that end-of-life information include hospice care options, prognosis with and without disease-targeted treatment, right to refuse or withdraw life-sustaining treatment, right to continue disease-targeted treatment with palliative care, pain and symptom management options, advance health care directives, and appointment of health care decision makers.

Allows health care providers to deliver required information in writing through factsheets, websites, or materials from end-of-life care organizations, and permits counseling to occur over multiple meetings based on patient needs.

Requires health care providers who decline to provide end-of-life information to refer patients to another provider willing to provide such information and explain how to transfer care.

Authorizes patient referral to appropriate entities for information on treatment costs and insurance coverage if requested.