Connecticut Law About Living Wills

Connecticut Law About Living Wills
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Research Guides

Connecticut General Statutes

American Bar Association

Consumer's Tool Kit for Health Care Advance Planning

Connecticut Attorney General's Office:

Your Rights to Make Health Care Decisions (includes forms)
Connecticut Living Will Form

Connecticut ElderLaw.org:

Frequently Asked Questions about Living Wills & Other Health

Legal Assistance Resource Center of Connecticut:

Living Wills and other Documents

OLR Research Reports - Office of Legislative Research:

Living Wills and Health Care Representatives - 2008-R-0237
You asked how Connecticut's living will and health care representative laws compare with other states, especially regarding the situations a living will covers

Selected Statutes:

Sec. 19a-570. Definitions.
Sec. 19a-575. Form of Document.
Sec. 19a-579. Living will or appointment of health care agent becomes operative, when.

Connecticut Public Acts

P.A. 06-195. An Act Concerning Revisions to Department of Public Health Statutes

Connecticut Law by Subject