CT SB00467

Allows persons 18+ to execute written documents directing disposition of their body upon death (including cremation, burial, alkaline hydrolysis, cryogenic preservation) and designate an agent to carry out those directions.

Permits conservators and agents to execute disposition documents on behalf of conserved persons or principals, with provisions terminating upon conservatorship termination if it occurs before death.

Establishes priority order for custody and control of body if no designation made: spouse, adult children, parents, siblings, other adult kin of third degree or higher, and Probate Court determination.

Adds protections for funeral directors and embalmers who rely in good faith on disposition instructions, including immunity from criminal liability and civil negligence presumption, and allows them to refuse disposition pending court order in disputes.

Provides that prearrangement directions in funeral service contracts cannot be cancelled or substantially revised after death unless financial resources are insufficient or Probate Court approves.