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S.465
Title: A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act and title III of the Public Health Service Act to improve access to information about individuals' health care options and legal rights for care near the end of life, to promote advance care planning and decisionmaking so that individuals' wishes are known should they become unable to speak for themselves, to engage health care providers in disseminating information about and assisting in the preparation of advance directives, which include living wills and durable powers of attorney for health care, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Nelson, Bill [FL] (introduced 1/31/2007) Cosponsors (10)
Related Bills: S.466
Latest Major Action: 1/31/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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