Proposed H.B. No. 5454
Session Year 2025

AN ACT ALLOWING TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT END-OF-LIFE CARE.

To allow terminally ill patients to make decisions about their end-of-life care that do not cause them to endure lengthy, painful deaths.

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