Section 1 of Chapter 201D of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 official edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following definitions:
““Transportable”, the activation or subsequent deactivation of the Health Care Proxy is to be part of the patient’s electronic records such that any subsequent facility or provider is aware of such authority without subsequent need to activate or deactivate the health care proxy by each facility or provider.”
“Notification”, Allow for the inclusion of an e-mail address and a cell phone number for the listed proxies for the purpose of the agent selecting a preference of such notification
Section 4 of Chapter 201D of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 official edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following:
(v) Mobile phone number and e-mail address of proxies are to be provided along with preference of notification.
Section 6 of Chapter 201D of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 official edition, is hereby amended by with the following change in paragraph 4:
After the words (ii) to the agent insert the following
“via selected preference notification as included per Section 4 of Chapter 201D of the General Laws;
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