Nursing homes would be able to honor do-no-resuscitate orders from patients under legislation approved Monday in the Georgia House.
House Bill 275 would add the facilities to places that can honor patients’ orders asking that life-sustaining measures not be taken. Nursing homes currently must take extraordinary measures to preserve a patient’s life, even if he has signed an order.
The bill, which passed 160-1, now heads to the Senate.
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