The Advance Health Care Directive is a crucial document which gives your selected agents the power to make medical decisions on your behalf, sign consents and/or releases with hospitals and/or doctors [it conforms to the Federal Laws (known as “HIPAA”) with regard to the releases], in case you are hospitalize or incapacitated. It also acts as your “living will” for end-of-life decisions. This document is required to make decisions for your healthcare and is required by the hospitals to permit healthcare decision to be made. If this document is missing from your estate planning package, you might be in a situation where either someone is not permitted to make healthcare decisions for you, or worse, that someone you don't want will make healthcare decisions for you.

Every estate planning package drafted by our attorneys includes the healthcare directive and nomination for healthcare decisions. We can also draft this document a-la-carte.

Furthermore, if you signed a healthcare directive more than 10 years ago, it might be out of date or non-compliant with current laws and regulations.

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