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HB 197: "An Act relating to directives for personal health care services and for medical treatment." 

00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 197                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to directives for personal health care services and for medical                                        
02 treatment."                                                                                                             
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 13.26.332 is amended to read:                                                                     
05            Sec. 13.26.332.  Statutory form power of attorney.  A person who wishes to                                 
06       designate another as attorney-in-fact or agent by a power of attorney may execute a                               
07       statutory power of attorney set out in substantially the following form:                                          
08                     GENERAL POWER OF ATTORNEY                                                                           
09               THE POWERS GRANTED FROM THE PRINCIPAL TO THE                                                              
10            AGENT OR AGENTS IN THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENT ARE                                                                
11            VERY BROAD. THEY MAY INCLUDE THE POWER TO                                                                    
12            DISPOSE, SELL, CONVEY, AND ENCUMBER YOUR REAL AND                                                            
13            PERSONAL PROPERTY, AND THE POWER TO MAKE YOUR                                                                
14            HEALTH    CARE   DECISIONS.  ACCORDINGLY,    THE                                                             



01            FOLLOWING DOCUMENT SHOULD ONLY BE USED AFTER                                                                 
02            CAREFUL CONSIDERATION.  IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS                                                            
03            ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT, YOU SHOULD SEEK COMPETENT                                                               
04            ADVICE.                                                                                                      
05               YOU MAY REVOKE THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY AT ANY                                                              
06            TIME.                                                                                                        
07               Pursuant to AS 13.26.338 - 13.26.353, I,           (Name of                                             
08            principal)          , of           (Address of principal)          , do hereby                           
09            appoint           (Name and address of agent or agents)          , my                                      
10            attorney(s)-in-fact to act as I have checked below in my name, place,                                        
11            and stead in any way which I myself could do, if I were personally                                           
12            present, with respect to the following matters, as each of them is                                           
13            defined in AS 13.26.344, to the full extent that I am permitted by law to                                    
14            act through an agent:                                                                                        
15               THE AGENT OR AGENTS YOU HAVE APPOINTED WILL                                                               
16            HAVE ALL THE POWERS LISTED BELOW UNLESS YOU                                                                  
17               DRAW A LINE THROUGH A CATEGORY; AND                                                                       
18               INITIAL THE BOX OPPOSITE THAT CATEGORY                                                                    
19            (A)  real estate transactions                 (  )                                                           
20            (B)  transactions involving tangible personal property,                                                      
21              chattels, and goods                         (  )                                                           
22            (C)  bonds, shares, and commodities transactions (  )                                                        
23            (D)  banking transactions                     (  )                                                           
24            (E)  business operating transactions          (  )                                                           
25            (F)  insurance transactions                   (  )                                                           
26            (G)  estate transactions                      (  )                                                           
27            (H)  gift transactions                        (  )                                                           
28            (I)  claims and litigation                    (  )                                                           
29            (J)  personal relationships and affairs       (  )                                                           
30            (K)  benefits from government programs and military                                                          
31              service                                     (  )                                                           



01            (L)  [HEALTH CARE SERVICES                    (  )                                                           
02            (M)]  records, reports, and statements        (  )                                                           
03            (M) [(N)]  delegation                         (  )                                                       
04            (N) [(O)]  all other matters, including those specified                                                  
05              as follows:                                 (  )                                                           
06            _________________________________________________________                                                    
07            _________________________________________________________                                                    
08            _________________________________________________________                                                    
09               IF YOU HAVE APPOINTED MORE THAN ONE AGENT,                                                                
10            CHECK ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:                                                                                  
11            (  )  Each agent may exercise the powers conferred separately, without                                       
12               the consent of any other agent.                                                                           
13            (  )  All agents shall exercise the powers conferred jointly, with the                                       
14               consent of all other agents.                                                                              
15               TO INDICATE WHEN THIS DOCUMENT SHALL BECOME                                                               
16            EFFECTIVE, CHECK ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:                                                                       
17            (  )  This document shall become effective upon the date of my                                               
18               signature.                                                                                                
19            (  )  This document shall become effective upon the date of my                                               
20               disability and shall not otherwise be affected by my disability.                                          
21               IF YOU HAVE INDICATED THAT THIS DOCUMENT SHALL                                                            
22            BECOME EFFECTIVE ON THE DATE OF YOUR SIGNATURE,                                                              
23            CHECK ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:                                                                                  
24            (  )  This document shall not be affected by my subsequent disability.                                       
25            (  )  This document shall be revoked by my subsequent disability.                                            
26               IF YOU HAVE INDICATED THAT THIS DOCUMENT SHALL                                                            
27            BECOME EFFECTIVE UPON THE DATE OF YOUR SIGNATURE                                                             
28            AND WANT TO LIMIT THE TERM OF THIS DOCUMENT,                                                                 
29            COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:                                                                                      
30               This document shall only continue in effect for ________ (      )                                         
31            years from the date of my signature.                                                                         



01               NOTICE OF REVOCATION OF THE POWERS GRANTED IN                                                             
02            THIS DOCUMENT                                                                                                
03               You may revoke one or more of the powers granted in this                                                  
04            document.  Unless otherwise provided in this document, you may                                               
05            revoke a specific power granted in this power of attorney by                                                 
06            completing a special power of attorney that includes the specific power                                      
07            in this document that you want to revoke. Unless otherwise provided in                                       
08            this document, you may revoke all the powers granted in this power of                                        
09            attorney by completing a subsequent power of attorney.                                                       
10                       NOTICE TO THIRD PARTIES                                                                           
11               A third party who relies on the reasonable representations of an                                          
12            attorney-in-fact as to a matter relating to a power granted by a properly                                    
13            executed statutory power of attorney does not incur any liability to the                                     
14            principal or to the principal's heirs, assigns, or estate as a result of                                     
15            permitting the attorney-in-fact to exercise the authority granted by the                                     
16            power of attorney.  A third party who fails to honor a properly executed                                     
17            statutory form power of attorney may be liable to the principal, the                                         
18            attorney-in-fact, the principal's heirs, assigns, or estate for a civil                                      
19            penalty, plus damages, costs, and fees associated with the failure to                                        
20            comply with the statutory form power of attorney.  If the power of                                           
21            attorney is one which becomes effective upon the disability of the                                           
22            principal, the disability of the principal is established by an affidavit, as                                
23            required by law.                                                                                             
24               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name this                                                   
25            ____ day of ________________, _________.                                                                     
26                                _________________________________                                                        
27                                Signature of Principal                                                                   
28               Acknowledged before me at ______________________________                                                  
29            __________________________ on ____________________________.                                                  
30                                _________________________________                                                        
31                                Signature of Officer or Notary                                                           



01    * Sec. 2.  AS 18.12.100 is amended to read:                                                                        
02            Sec. 18.12.100.  Definitions.  In AS 18.12.010 - 18.12.100 [THIS CHAPTER],                             
03                 (1)  "anatomical gift" means an anatomical gift under AS 13.50;                                         
04                 (2)  "attending physician" means the physician selected by, or assigned                                 
05       to, the patient who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the patient;                         
06                 (3)  "cardiopulmonary resuscitation" means cardiopulmonary                                              
07       resuscitation or a component of cardiopulmonary resuscitation;                                                    
08                 (4)  "declaration" means a document executed in accordance with the                                     
09       requirements of AS 18.12.010;                                                                                     
10                 (5)  "DNR identification" means identification substantially similar to                                 
11       that approved under AS 18.12.037;                                                                                 
12                 (6)  "do not resuscitate order" means a directive from a licensed                                       
13       physician that emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation should not be administered to                              
14       a particular person;                                                                                              
15                 (7)  "do not resuscitate protocol" means the protocol developed under                                   
16       AS 18.12.035(b);                                                                                                  
17                 (8)  "health care provider" means a person who is licensed, certified, or                               
18       otherwise authorized by the law of this state to administer health care in the ordinary                           
19       course of business or practice of a profession;                                                                   
20                 (9)  "life-sustaining procedure" means a medical procedure or                                           
21       intervention that, when administered to a qualified patient, will serve only to prolong                           
22       the dying process;                                                                                                
23                 (10)  "physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in this                                  
24       state or an officer in the regular medical service of the armed services of the United                            
25       States or the United States Public Health Service while in the discharge of their                                 
26       official duties, or while volunteering services without pay or other remuneration to a                            
27       hospital, clinic, medical office, or other medical facility in the state;                                         
28                 (11)  "qualified patient" means a patient who has executed a declaration                                
29       in accordance with AS 18.12.010 - 18.12.100 [THIS CHAPTER] and who has been                                   
30       determined by the attending physician to be in a terminal condition;                                              
31                 (12)  "terminal condition" means a progressive incurable or irreversible                                



01       condition that, without the administration of life-sustaining procedures, will, in the                            
02       opinion of two physicians, when available, who have personally examined the patient,                              
03       one of whom must be the attending physician, result in death within a relatively short                            
04       time.                                                                                                             
05    * Sec. 3.  AS 18.12 is amended by adding new sections to read:                                                     
06                  Article 2.  Health Care Services Directives.                                                         
07            Sec. 18.12.110.  Statutory form power of attorney for health care services.                              
08       A person who wishes to designate another as attorney-in-fact or agent by a power of                               
09       attorney for purposes of the provision of health care services may execute a statutory                            
10       power of attorney to indicate the identity of the person who is to serve as attorney or                           
11       agent.  The following sets out a model of a power of attorney that may be used for that                           
12       purpose:                                                                                                          
13             POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES                                                                  
14               If I am no longer able to make my own health care decisions, this                                         
15            form names the person I choose to make these choices for me.  This                                           
16            person will be my Health Care Agent.                                                                         
17               This person will make my health care choices if both of these                                             
18            things happen:                                                                                               
19                 My attending or treating doctor finds that I am no longer able to                                       
20                    make health care choices; and                                                                        
21                 Another health care professional agrees that this is true.                                              
22            The person I choose as my Health Care Agent is:                                                              
23            _________________________________________________________                                                    
24            Name                                                                                                         
25            _________________________________________________________                                                    
26            Phone number                                                                                                 
27            _________________________________________________________                                                    
28            Address                                                                                                      
29            _________________________________________________________                                                    
30            City, state, zip code                                                                                        
31               If this person                                                                                            



01                 is not able or willing to make these choices for me;                                                    
02                 is divorced or legally separated from me; or                                                            
03                 has died,                                                                                               
04            then these people are my next choices:                                                                       
05            _________________________________________________________                                                    
06            Second choice name                                                                                           
07            _________________________________________________________                                                    
08            Phone number                                                                                                 
09            _________________________________________________________                                                    
10            Address                                                                                                      
11            _________________________________________________________                                                    
12            City, state, zip code                                                                                        
13            _________________________________________________________                                                    
14            Third choice name                                                                                            
15            _________________________________________________________                                                    
16            Phone number                                                                                                 
17            _________________________________________________________                                                    
18            Address                                                                                                      
19            _________________________________________________________                                                    
20            City, state, zip code                                                                                        
21               I understand that my Health Care Agent can make health care                                               
22            decisions for me.  I want my agent to be able to do the following things                                     
23            in the list below except the things I have drawn a line through or                                           
24            crossed out and have initialed or signed:                                                                    
25                    Make choices for me about my medical care or services,                                               
26                 such as tests, medicine, or surgery.  This care or service could                                        
27                 be to find out what my health problem is, or how to treat it.  It                                       
28                 can also include care to keep me alive.  If the treatment or care                                       
29                 has already started, my Health Care Agent can keep it going or                                          
30                 have it stopped.                                                                                        
31                    Interpret any instructions I have given in this form or given                                        



01                 in other discussions, according to my Health Care Agent's                                               
02                 understanding of my wishes and values.                                                                  
03                    Arrange for admission to a hospital, hospice, or nursing                                             
04                 home for me.  My Health Care Agent can hire any kind of                                                 
05                 health care worker I may need to help me or take care of me.                                            
06                 My agent may also fire a health care worker, if needed.                                                 
07                    Make the decision to request, take away, or not give                                                 
08                 medical treatments, including artificially provided food and                                            
09                 water, and any other treatments to keep me alive.                                                       
10                    See and approve release of my medical records and                                                    
11                 personal files.  If I need to sign my name to get any of these                                          
12                 files, my Health Care Agent can sign for me.                                                            
13                    Move me to another state to carry out my wishes.  My                                                 
14                 Health Care Agent can also move me to another state for other                                           
15                 reasons.                                                                                                
16                    Take any legal action needed to carry out my wishes as set                                           
17                 out in this section.  Apply for Medicare, Medicaid, or other                                            
18                 programs or insurance benefits for me.  My Health Care Agent                                            
19                 can see my personal files, such as bank records, to find out what                                       
20                 is needed to fill out these forms.                                                                      
21                    Listed below are any changes, additions, or other                                                    
22                 limitations on my Health Care Agent's powers:                                                           
23                 ___________________________________________________                                                     
24                 ___________________________________________________                                                     
25                 ___________________________________________________                                                     
26                 ___________________________________________________                                                     
27                 ___________________________________________________                                                     
28                 ___________________________________________________                                                     
29                 ___________________________________________________                                                     
30                 ___________________________________________________                                                     
31                 ___________________________________________________                                                     



01                 ___________________________________________________                                                     
02                 ___________________________________________________                                                     
03                 ___________________________________________________                                                     
04                 ___________________________________________________                                                     
05                 ___________________________________________________                                                     
06                 ___________________________________________________                                                     
07                 ___________________________________________________                                                     
08               If I change my mind about having a Health Care Agent, I will do                                           
09            the following:                                                                                               
10                 Destroy all copies of this power of attorney; or                                                        
11                 Write the word "Revoked" in large letters across the name of                                            
12                    each agent whose authority I want to cancel and sign my                                              
13                    name on that page; or                                                                                
14                 Tell someone, such as my doctor or family, that I want to cancel                                        
15                    or change my Health Care Agent.                                                                      
16            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed my name this ____ day of                                                   
17            ____________________, _____.                                                                                 
18                                     ___________________________                                                         
19                                               Signature                                                                 
20            Acknowledged before me at _______________________________ on                                                 
21            ____________________, _____.                                                                                 
22                                     ___________________________                                                         
23                                     Notary Public in and for Alaska                                                     
24                                 or                                                                                      
25            Signatures of witnesses:                                                                                     
26            _________________________ ___________________________                                                        
27            Printed names of witnesses:                                                                                  
28            _________________________ ___________________________                                                        
29            Addresses of witnesses:                                                                                      
30            _________________________ ___________________________                                                        
31            _________________________ ___________________________                                                        



01            Phone numbers of witnesses:                                                                                  
02            _________________________ ___________________________                                                        
03            Sec. 18.12.120.  Statutory form power of attorney for medical treatment.                                   
04       (a)  A person who wishes to indicate to the person's health care agent how medical                                
05       treatment is to be provided to the person may execute a statutory power of attorney to                            
06       so indicate.  The following sets out a model of a power of attorney that may be used                              
07       for that purpose:                                                                                                 
08                       POWER OF ATTORNEY TO                                                                              
09                    DESCRIBE MEDICAL TREATMENT                                                                           
10               I believe that my life is precious and I deserve to be treated with                                       
11            dignity.  When the time comes that I am very sick and am not able to                                         
12            speak for myself, I want the following wishes and any other                                                  
13            instructions I have given to my Health Care Agent to be respected and                                        
14            followed.                                                                                                    
15               The instructions that I am including in this section are to let my                                        
16            family, my doctors and other health care providers, my friends, and all                                      
17            others know the kind of medical treatment that I want or do not want.                                        
18            (1)            General Instructions                                                                          
19                    I do not want to be in pain.  I want my doctor to give me                                            
20                 enough medicine to relieve my pain even if that means that I                                            
21                 will be drowsy or sleep more than I would otherwise.                                                    
22                    I do not want anything done or omitted by my doctors or                                              
23                 nurses with the intention of taking my life.                                                            
24                    I want to be offered food and fluids by mouth, and kept                                              
25                 clean and warm.                                                                                         
26            (2)      Meaning of "Life-Support Treatment"                                                                 
27                    Life-support treatment means any medical procedure,                                                  
28                 device, or medication to keep me alive.  Life-support treatment                                         
29                 includes medical devices put in me to help me breathe, food and                                         
30                 water supplied artificially by medical device (tube feeding),                                           
31                 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), major surgery, blood                                               



01                 transfusions, dialysis, and antibiotics.                                                                
02                    Because I wish to limit the meaning of life-support                                                  
03                 treatment, I have set out this limitation in the space below:                                           
04                 ___________________________________________________                                                     
05                 ___________________________________________________                                                     
06                 ___________________________________________________                                                     
07                 ___________________________________________________                                                     
08                 ___________________________________________________                                                     
09                 ___________________________________________________                                                     
10            (3)  If I am close to death:                                                                                 
11                    If my doctor and another health care professional both                                               
12                 decide that I am likely to die within a short period of time and                                        
13                 life-support treatment would only postpone the moment of my                                             
14                 death, I am choosing one of the following:                                                              
15                 [   ] I want to have life-support treatment;                                                            
16                 [   ] I want to have life-support treatment if my doctor                                                
17                      believes it could help, but I want my doctor to stop                                               
18                      giving me life-support treatment if it is not helping my                                           
19                      health condition or symptoms; or                                                                   
20                 [   ] I do not want life-support treatment; if it has been                                              
21                      started, I want it stopped.                                                                        
22            (4)  If I am in a coma and I am not expected to wake up or recover:                                          
23                    If my doctor and another health care professional both                                               
24                 decide that I am in a coma from which I am not expected to                                              
25                 wake up or recover and I have brain damage and life-support                                             
26                 treatment would only postpone the moment of my death, I have                                            
27                 chosen one of the following:                                                                            
28                 [   ] I want to have life-support treatment;                                                            
29                 [   ] I want to have life-support treatment if my doctor                                                
30                      believes it could be helpful, but I want my doctor to stop                                         
31                      giving me life-support treatment if it is not helping my                                           



01                      health condition or symptoms; or                                                                   
02                 [   ] I do not want life-support treatment; if it has been                                              
03                      started, I want it stopped.                                                                        
04            (5)  If I have permanent and severe brain damage and I am not                                                
05                 expected to recover:                                                                                    
06                    If my doctor and another health care professional both                                               
07                 decide that I have permanent and severe brain damage (for                                               
08                 example, I can open my eyes, I cannot speak or understand) and                                          
09                 I am not expected to recover and life-support treatment would                                           
10                 only postpone the moment of my death, I have chosen one of                                              
11                 the following:                                                                                          
12                 [   ] I want to have life-support treatment;                                                            
13                 [   ] I want to have life-support treatment if my doctor                                                
14                      believes it could help, but I want my doctor to stop                                               
15                      giving me life-support treatment if it is not helping my                                           
16                      health condition or symptoms; or                                                                   
17                 [   ] I do not want life-support treatment; if it has been                                              
18                      started, I want it stopped.                                                                        
19            (6)  If I am in another condition under which I do not wish to be                                            
20                 kept alive:                                                                                             
21                    There are other conditions under which I do not wish to                                              
22                 have life-support treatment that I describe below.  In this                                             
23                 condition, I believe that the costs and burdens of life-support                                         
24                 treatment are too much and not worth the benefits to me.                                                
25                 Therefore, in this condition, I do not want life-support                                                
26                 treatment:                                                                                              
27                 ___________________________________________________                                                     
28                 ___________________________________________________                                                     
29                 ___________________________________________________                                                     
30                 ___________________________________________________                                                     
31                 ___________________________________________________                                                     



01                 ___________________________________________________                                                     
02               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed my name this _____ day                                                  
03            of ________________________, ______.                                                                         
04                                     ___________________________                                                         
05                                               Signature                                                                 
06               Acknowledged before me at ____________________________ on                                                 
07            ________________________, ______.                                                                            
08                                     ___________________________                                                         
09                                     Notary Public in and for Alaska                                                     
10                                 or                                                                                      
11            Signatures of witnesses:                                                                                     
12            _________________________ ___________________________                                                        
13            Printed names of witnesses:                                                                                  
14            _________________________ ___________________________                                                        
15            Addresses of witnesses:                                                                                      
16            _________________________ ___________________________                                                        
17            _________________________ ___________________________                                                        
18            Phone numbers of witnesses:                                                                                  
19            _________________________ ___________________________                                                        
20            (b)  A person executing the form described in (a) of this section may also                                   
21       express or relate one or more of the following:                                                                   
22            (1)  A wish for how comfortable the person wants to be, including                                            
23                 one of the following that the person has not crossed out:                                               
24                    I do not want to be in pain.  I want my doctor to give me                                            
25                 enough medicine to relieve my pain, even if that means that I                                           
26                 will be drowsy or sleep more than I would otherwise.                                                    
27                    If I show signs of depression, nausea, shortness of breath,                                          
28                 or hallucinations, I want my caregivers to do whatever they can                                         
29                 to help me.                                                                                             
30                    I wish to have a cool moist cloth put on my head if I have a                                         
31                 fever.                                                                                                  



01                    I want my lips and mouth kept moist to stop dryness.                                                 
02                    I wish to have warm baths often.  I wish to be kept fresh                                            
03                 and clean at all times.                                                                                 
04                    I wish to be massaged with warm oils as often as I can be.                                           
05                    I wish to have my favorite music played when possible                                                
06                 until my time of death.                                                                                 
07                    I wish to have personal care like shaving, nail clipping, hair                                       
08                 brushing, and teeth brushing as long as they do not cause me                                            
09                 pain or discomfort.                                                                                     
10                    I wish to have religious readings and well loved poems read                                          
11                 aloud when I am near death.                                                                             
12            (2)  A wish for how the person wishes to be treated by others,                                               
13                 including all of the following that the person has not crossed                                          
14                 out:                                                                                                    
15                    I wish to have people with me when possible.  I want                                                 
16                 someone to be with me when it seems that death may come at                                              
17                 any time.                                                                                               
18                    I wish to have my hand held and to be talked to when                                                 
19                 possible, even if I don't seem to respond to the voice or touch of                                      
20                 others.                                                                                                 
21                    I wish to have others by my side praying for me when                                                 
22                 possible.                                                                                               
23                    I wish to have the members of my church or synagogue                                                 
24                 told that I am sick and asked to pray for me and visit me.                                              
25                    I wish to be cared for with kindness and cheerfulness, and                                           
26                 not sadness.                                                                                            
27                    I wish to have pictures of my loved ones in my room, near                                            
28                 my bed.                                                                                                 
29                    If I am not able to control my bowel or bladder functions, I                                         
30                 wish for my clothes and bed linens to be kept clean and for                                             
31                 them to be changed as soon as they can be if they have been                                             



01                 soiled.                                                                                                 
02                    I want to die in my home if that can be done.                                                        
03                                and                                                                                      
04            (3)  A wish for what the person wants loved ones to know, including                                          
05                 all of the following:                                                                                   
06                    I wish to have my family members and loved ones know                                                 
07                 that I love them.                                                                                       
08                    I wish to be forgiven for the times I have hurt my family,                                           
09                 friends, and others.                                                                                    
10                    I wish to have my family members and friends know that I                                             
11                 forgive them for what they may have done to me in my life.                                              
12                    I wish for my family members and loved ones to know that,                                            
13                 because of the faith I have, I do not fear death itself.  I think it is                                 
14                 not the end, but a new beginning for me.                                                                
15                    I wish for all of my family members to make peace with                                               
16                 each other before my death if they can.                                                                 
17                    I wish for my family and friends to think about what I was                                           
18                 like before I had a terminal illness.  I want them to remember                                          
19                 me in this way after my death.                                                                          
20                    I wish for my family and friends to look at my dying as a                                            
21                 time of personal growth for everyone, including me.  This will                                          
22                 help me live a meaningful life in my final days.                                                        
23                    I wish for my family and friends to get counseling if they                                           
24                 have trouble with my death.  I want memories of my life to give                                         
25                 them joy and not sorrow.                                                                                
26               If anyone asks how I want to be remembered, please say the                                                
27            following about me:                                                                                          
28            _________________________________________________________                                                    
29            _________________________________________________________                                                    
30            _________________________________________________________                                                    
31            _________________________________________________________                                                    



01               The following person knows my funeral wishes: ______________                                              
02            _________________________________________________________                                                    
03               If there is to be a memorial service for me, I wish for this service to                                   
04            include the following (list music, songs, readings or other specific                                         
05            requests that you have):                                                                                     
06            _________________________________________________________                                                    
07            _________________________________________________________                                                    
08            _________________________________________________________                                                    
09            _________________________________________________________                                                    
10            (c)  In addition to the preceding, a person may set out the following further                                
11       instructions:                                                                                                     
12               I want to be treated with dignity near the end of my life.  To be                                         
13            treated with dignity means that I would like people to do the things                                         
14            written in (a) and (b) of this section when it can be done.  I understand                                    
15            that my family, my doctors, and other health care providers, my friends,                                     
16            and others may not be able to do the things or are not required by law                                       
17            to do the things written in this section.  I do not expect my wishes in                                      
18            this section to place new or added legal duties on my doctors or other                                       
19            health care providers.  I also do not expect the wishes expressed in (b)                                     
20            of this section to excuse my doctor or other health care providers from                                      
21            giving me the proper care asked for by law.                                                                  
22            (d)  The medical treatment form described in (a) of this section and the                                     
23       additional expressions set out in (b) and (c) of this section may be combined with the                            
24       form described in AS 18.12.110.                                                                                   
25            Sec. 18.12.130  Euthanasia not authorized.  The statutory form power of                                    
26       attorney for health care services set out in AS 18.12.110 and the statutory form power                            
27       of attorney for medical treatment set out in AS 18.12.120 may not be used to authorize                            
28       or approve euthanasia or mercy killing.                                                                           
29    * Sec. 4.  AS 13.26.335(1) and 13.26.344(l) are repealed.                                                          
30    * Sec. 5.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                         
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01       CONTINUING VALIDITY OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR HEALTH CARE                                                             
02 SERVICES UNDER FORMER STATUTORY FORM POWER OF ATTORNEY UNTIL                                                            
03 TERMINATION OR REVOCATION OF APPOINTMENT.  Notwithstanding the repeal, in                                               
04 sec. 1 of this Act, of the authority to use the statutory form power of attorney prescribed by                          
05 AS 13.26.332 for exercising powers relating to health care services and the repeal, in sec. 4 of                        
06 this Act, of AS 13.26.335(1) and 13.26.344(l), a person who, by a statutory form power of                               
07 attorney executed under AS 13.26.332 before the effective date of this Act, has been given                              
08 powers to make health care decisions under and consistent with authority set out in the                                 
09 repealed provisions, may continue to exercise those powers under and consistent with the                                
10 authority set out in the repealed provisions until the appointment made by the statutory form                           
11 power of attorney with respect to health care services terminates or is revoked.                                        
12    * Sec. 6.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                         
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14       REVISOR'S INSTRUCTIONS.  The revisor of statutes shall substitute "AS 18.12.010                                   
15 - 18.12.100" for "this chapter" in                                                                                      
16            (1)  AS 18.12.010(d);                                                                                        
17            (2)  AS 18.12.035(d);                                                                                        
18            (3)  AS 18.12.037;                                                                                           
19            (4)  AS 18.12.040(b);                                                                                        
20            (5)  AS 18.12.050(b);                                                                                        
21            (6)  AS 18.12.060;                                                                                           
22            (7)  AS 18.12.080(a), (d), (e), and (f); and                                                                 
23            (8)  AS 18.12.090.