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WA SB5096
Bill
Status
1/13/2025
Primary Sponsor
Manka Dhingra
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AI Summary
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Removes the pregnancy exclusion clause from Washington's Health Care Directive form, which previously stated the directive would have "no force or effect during the course of my pregnancy"
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Amends RCW 70.122.030, part of Washington's Natural Death Act governing end-of-life directives
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Retains all other provisions of the directive form, including requirements for terminal condition or permanent unconscious condition diagnosis, witness signatures, and options regarding artificial nutrition and hydration
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Re-letters the remaining subsections of the model directive form from (d) through (g) to (d) through (f) following deletion of the pregnancy provision
Legislative Description
Removing references to pregnancy from the model directive form under the natural death act.
Last Action
By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
1/12/2026