Bill
HB 1254
An Act amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in health care, further providing for applicability, for definitions, for criminal penalties, for definitions, for orders, bracelets and necklaces, for revocation, for absence of order, bracelet or necklace and for emergency medical services, repealing provisions relating to advisory committee and providing for discontinuance and for Pennsylvania orders for life-sustaining treatment; and making an editorial change.
2025-2026 Regular Session
Introduced by Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz and 15 co-sponsors
Pennsylvania replaces DNR orders with comprehensive life-sustaining treatment orders, requiring new definitions, procedures, and emergency responder protocols to govern end-of-life medical decisions.
Referred to Judiciary