MA S869

Prohibits public and private entities from denying or deprioritizing lifesaving treatment based on presumptions that a person's life has reduced quality or value due to disability or chronic health conditions, including during crisis standards of care

Bans the use of metrics or third-party analyses that assign lower value to the lives of individuals with disabilities when allocating scarce healthcare resources or determining treatment formulary coverage

Prohibits hospitals from conditioning treatment on a patient having a do-not-resuscitate order or advance directive, or suggesting that admission depends on such documents

Updates statutory language in Chapter 151B by replacing "handicap" with "disability"

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate implementing regulations within 60 days of the act's effective date