Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB825: Generally revise laws related to health care proxy decisionmakers
Status: Signed into law, May 13, 2025
What the bill says
An act generally revising laws related to health care proxy decisionmakers; providing for a patient-designated trusted decisionmaker; providing a hierarchy in selecting a decisionmaker; and amending sections 50-5-110, 50-5-1301, and 50-5-1303, mca.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING LAWS RELATED TO HEALTH CARE PROXY DECISIONMAKERS; PROVIDING FOR A PATIENT-DESIGNATED TRUSTED DECISIONMAKER; PROVIDING A HIERARCHY IN SELECTING A DECISIONMAKER; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 50-5-110, 50-5-1301, AND 50-5-1303, MCA. Section 1. Patient designation of trusted decisionmaker as proxy -- documentation by attending health care provider -- limitations on other proxies. (1) At any time, after admission to a hospital, before an attending health care provider determines that an adult patient lacks decisional capacity under 50-51302, the patient may designate a trusted decisionmaker to make health care decisions on behalf of the patient in the event the patient does not have decisional capacity. (2) (a) The patient may designate a trusted decisionmaker by communicating to the patient's health care provider, or to a health care professional acting under the direction of the patient's health care provider, orally or otherwise, the identity of the individual whom the patient trusts to make health care decisions on the patient's behalf. (b) The health care provider shall ensure that the communication by the patient designating a trusted decisionmaker is witnessed by a third party, who may be another health care professional or who may be a friend or family member of the patient. (3) After the patient designates a trusted decisionmaker, the attending health care provider shall immediately notify the patient's family …
Sponsors
- Cunningham, Melody (D, 97) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (H) 3rd Reading Senate Amendments
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments
Votes
- Do Concur (April 18, 2025): 79 yea, 19 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 17, 2025): 95 yea, 4 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 11, 2025): 27 yea, 21 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 10, 2025): 30 yea, 19 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 7, 2025): 83 yea, 16 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 6, 2025): 84 yea, 14 nay, passed
Subjects: Health Care Services, Health
Common questions
- What is HB825?
- HB825 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Generally revise laws related to health care proxy decisionmakers.
- What does HB825 do?
- In its own words: An act generally revising laws related to health care proxy decisionmakers; providing for a patient-designated trusted decisionmaker; providing a hierarchy in selecting a decisionmaker; and amending sections 50-5-110, 50-5-1301, and 50-5-1303, mca.
- What is the status of HB825?
- Signed into law as of May 13, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 13, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB825?
- Cunningham, Melody (D, 97).
- Where is the official record for HB825?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2893
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