VA SB71

Amends Virginia's Health Care Decisions Act to allow patient care consulting committees to make health care decisions for incapacitated patients when no family members, guardians, or other authorized persons are reasonably available

Expands the definition of "life-prolonging procedure" to include cardiopulmonary resuscitation for purposes of §54.1-2986 governing surrogate decision-making

Establishes specific protocols for committee decision-making, requiring consensus at quorum meetings, with decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment requiring agreement among the committee, attending physician, and a second independent clinician

Grants immunity from criminal prosecution and civil liability to individuals serving on patient care consulting committees who act in good faith

Requires facilities to continue good faith efforts to identify and locate family members or other persons with higher decision-making priority even while the committee makes interim health care decisions