Maryland House Bill 1323: Health Care Decisions Act - Surrogate Decision Making - Hospital Surrogate Committee

Maryland · 2026 Regular Session

What it does

Requiring hospitals to establish a surrogate committee to provide surrogate decision making for an unrepresented patient; authorizing the surrogate committee to make treatment decisions for unrepresented patients under certain circumstances; and establishing requirements for the composition, training, and procedures of a surrogate committee.

Latest action

Hearing 3/11 at 3:10 p.m. (2026-03-11)

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