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IN SB0175
Bill
AI Summary
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Amends Indiana Code IC 16-36-1-5 to expand health care consent authority for individuals incapable of consenting, effective July 1, 2017.
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Adds adult grandchildren to the list of individuals who may provide health care consent when a health care representative is unavailable, declines to act, or is unknown to the health care provider.
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Allows grandparents to consent to health care for minor grandchildren when a guardian, parent, individual in loco parentis, or adult sibling is not reasonably available, declines to act, or cannot be located after reasonable efforts by the health care provider.
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Requires health care decision-makers to act in good faith and in the best interest of the individual incapable of consenting.
Legislative Description
Health care consent. Provides that an adult grandchild may consent to health care for an individual incapable of consenting if a health care representative has not been appointed, is not reasonably available, declines to act, or is unknown to the health care provider. Provides that a grandparent may consent to health care for a grandchild incapable of consenting if a health care representative has not been appointed, is not reasonably available, declines to act, or is unknown to the health care provider. Provides that a grandparent also may consent to health care for a minor grandchild if a guardian or
Last Action
Public Law 54
4/13/2017