IA HF708

Removes the requirement that hospice programs provide palliative care to be licensed, instead requiring only symptom management care for hospice patients

Expands the definition of "palliative care" to apply to any patient with a serious illness diagnosed by a physician, not just terminally ill hospice patients, and clarifies it can be provided alongside curative treatment at any stage

Establishes a priority list of individuals who can make hospice placement decisions for incapacitated terminal patients, including attorney in fact, guardian, spouse, adult children/stepchildren, parents/stepparents, siblings/stepsiblings, other relatives, and close adult friends

Creates a new process allowing the same priority list of individuals to withhold or withdraw resuscitation from terminal patients who have not executed an out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate order, with consultation and written agreement from the attending physician

Allows guardians to make decisions about hospice care, life-sustaining procedures, and resuscitation for protected persons without court approval under the circumstances specified in the bill