AZ SB1304

Requires attending health care practitioners to offer terminally ill patients information and counseling about palliative care and end-of-life options, which may be provided orally or in writing.

Information must include the range of appropriate options, prognosis and risks/benefits of various options, patient's legal rights to pain and symptom management, and other treatment options if the patient wishes to continue treatment.

If an attending practitioner is unwilling to provide the required information, they must refer or transfer the patient to another physician or registered nurse practitioner who will do so.

Defines "attending health care practitioner" as a physician licensed under chapters 13 or 17 or a registered nurse practitioner licensed under chapter 15 of Arizona Revised Statutes.

Defines "terminal illness or condition" as an illness reasonably expected to cause death within six months after diagnosis, regardless of whether medical treatment is provided.