MA S1277

Bill

MA S1277

Relative to end of life choices of inmates

Introduced
04/15/2015

In Committee
04/15/2015

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
07/31/2016

Introduced Session

189th General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation relative to end of life choices of inmates. Public Safety and Homeland Security.

AI Summary

This bill amends Chapter 127 of the General Laws to establish that correctional and medical personnel must follow an inmate's personal choices regarding end-of-life care, provided these choices are documented through a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order or advanced directives, and are not otherwise prohibited by law. A DNR order is a medical order that instructs healthcare providers not to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if a person's heart stops beating or they stop breathing. Advanced directives are legal documents that allow individuals to communicate their wishes for medical treatment if they become unable to speak for themselves, often including end-of-life care preferences. This provision aims to ensure that inmates have the same rights as other individuals to make decisions about their own medical care at the end of their lives.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (3)

Pat Jehlen (D)*, Gloria Fox (D), Benjamin Swan (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2362 (on 06/23/2016)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/Senate/S1277

(11 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/Senate/S1277
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S1277
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S1277.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1321	Relative to the theft of bulk merchandise containers	Accompanied a study order, see H4706	Similar To
H1332	Authorizing criteria for the release of terminally ill inmates to alternative locations of confinement	Accompanied a study order, see H4625	Similar To
H1562	Providing remedies to consumers for clearing title after payoff of mortgages	Accompanied a study order, see H4706	Similar To
H1628	Relative to medical placement of terminal and incapacitated inmates	Accompanied a study order, see H4625	Similar To
H1641	Relative to the false representation of military status	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 128 of the Acts of 2015	Similar To
S1209	Relative to the definition of podiatry	Accompanied a study order, see S2199	Similar To
S1213	Relative to health care proxies	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S1254	Resolve establishing a special commission on prisoner and correctional officer suicides	Resolve reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1297	Establishing an eastern Massachusetts women’s county corrections facility	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2362	Public safety	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Replaced by
S843	Relative to medical placement of terminal and incapacitated inmates	New draft substituted, see S2415	Similar To

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