AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12, TITLE 16, TITLE 21, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THIRD-PARTY DECISION MAKING.
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12, TITLE 16, TITLE 21, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THIRD-PARTY DECISION MAKING.
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2025-04-08
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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12, TITLE 16, TITLE 21, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THIRD-PARTY DECISION MAKING.
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12, TITLE 16, TITLE 21, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THIRD-PARTY DECISION MAKING.
What This Bill Does
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12, TITLE 16, TITLE 21, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THIRD-PARTY DECISION MAKING.
This Act updates the terminology used to describe or citations used to reference those who make financial or health-care decisions on behalf of a principal or individual, including when that principal or individual lacks capacity.
This Act takes effect on September 30, 2025, to coincide with when the Delaware Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act of 2023 (DUHCDA 2023) takes effect.
Section 1 of this Act amends § 3982 of Title 12 by:
(1) Removing the phrase “durable power of attorney for health-care decisions” and instead citing to the definition of “advance health-care directive” under DUHCDA 2023.
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Official Summary Text
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 12, TITLE 16, TITLE 21, AND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THIRD-PARTY DECISION MAKING.
This Act updates the terminology used to describe or citations used to reference those who make financial or health-care decisions on behalf of a principal or individual, including when that principal or individual lacks capacity. This Act takes effect on September 30, 2025, to coincide with when the Delaware Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act of 2023 (DUHCDA 2023) takes effect.
Section 1 of this Act amends § 3982 of Title 12 by:
(1) Removing the phrase “durable power of attorney for health-care decisions” and instead citing to the definition of “advance health-care directive” under DUHCDA 2023. A durable power of attorney for health-care decisions, or other similar variations on that phrase, are synonyms for a power of attorney for health care. A power of attorney for health care is included in the definition of advance health-care directive under DUHCDA 2023.
For shorthand, elsewhere in this Synopsis this change will be referred to as “citing to the DUHCDA 2023 to remove syno