SB15-125 Summary

• Requires the Department of Public Health and Environment to establish and maintain a statewide registry of advance directives, including an internet website, effective January 1, 2016

• Defines "advance directive" to include declarations on medical treatment, medical durable powers of attorney, cardiopulmonary resuscitation directives, medical orders for scope of treatment forms, designated beneficiary agreements, and equivalent documents from other states

• Directs the Department to promulgate rules by November 1, 2015 covering procedures for adding directives, accessing directives, confidentiality safeguards, registry administration, and entry of designated beneficiary agreements by county clerks

• Requires each county clerk and recorder to enter recorded designated beneficiary agreements into the statewide registry within 14 days of recording

• Allows persons entering advance directives to execute a written statement designating individuals with whom their physicians may discuss their medical condition, constituting a waiver of confidentiality under HIPAA