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The Family Health Care Decisions Act: What Just Changed; What Else Should Be Changed
Initially, this article summarizes December 2024 amendments to New York's Family Health Care Decisions Act (FHCDA), which governs surrogate decisionmaking for most patients who lack capacity and who did not make health care decisions in advance. The article then calls for further changes, including: extending the FHCDA to cover decisions for people with developmental disabilities and patients in psychiatric hospitals and units, and creating an additional facility-based process for end-of-life decisions for socially isolated patients.
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RN Swidler, The FHCDA - What Just Changed- What Else Should Be Changed, NYSBA Healt LJ Vol 30, 2025.pdf application/pdf 225 KB Download File
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- April 8, 2025