SPONSOR: Sen. Poore & Rep. Heffernan DELAWARE STATE SENATE 153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY SENATE BILL NO. 92 AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM HEALTH-CARE DECISIONS ACT.
SPONSOR: Sen. Poore & Rep. Heffernan
SPONSOR: Sen. Poore & Rep. Heffernan
SPONSOR:
Sen. Poore & Rep. Heffernan
DELAWARE STATE SENATE
153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY
SENATE BILL NO. 92
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE UNIFORM HEALTH-CARE DECISIONS ACT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE: Section 1. Amend 2527, Title 16 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows: 2527. Construction. (e) An advance health-care directive created before, on, or after September 30, 2025, must be interpreted in accordance with other law of this State, excluding the States choice-of-law rules, at the time the directive is implemented. Section 2. This Act takes effect on September 30, 2025.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:
Section 1. Amend 2527, Title 16 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
2527. Construction.
(e) An advance health-care directive created before, on, or after September 30, 2025, must be interpreted in accordance with other law of this State, excluding the States choice-of-law rules, at the time the directive is implemented.
Section 2. This Act takes effect on September 30, 2025.
SYNOPSIS Section 2527 of Title 16, which will become effective on September 30, 2025, originates from Section 27 of the Uniform Law Commissions Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act. The Uniform Law Commission found that the word other was added in error to the final Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act. This Act adopts this correction by deleting the word other from 2527 of Title 16. This Act takes effect on September 30, 2025, to coincide with the effective date of 2527 of Title 16. Author: Senator Poore
SYNOPSIS
Section 2527 of Title 16, which will become effective on September 30, 2025, originates from Section 27 of the Uniform Law Commissions Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act. The Uniform Law Commission found that the word other was added in error to the final Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act. This Act adopts this correction by deleting the word other from 2527 of Title 16.
This Act takes effect on September 30, 2025, to coincide with the effective date of 2527 of Title 16.
Author: Senator Poore