2016 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being
Chapter 368w - Removal of Life Support Systems
Section 19a-580f - *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (c) and effective date.) Validity of advance directives, appointments of health care agent and powers of attorney for health care decisions executed before October 1, 2006.
(a) An advance directive properly executed prior to October 1, 2006, shall have the same legal force and effect as if it had been executed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(b) An appointment of health care agent properly executed prior to October 1, 2006, shall have the same legal force and effect as if it had been executed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter in effect at the time of its execution.
*(c) A power of attorney for health care decisions properly executed prior to October 1, 2006, shall have the same power and effect as provided under section 1-55 in effect at the time of its execution.
(P.A. 06-195, S. 80; P.A. 07-252, S. 21.)
*Note: On and after July 1, 2016, subsection (c) of this section, as amended by section 51 of public act 15-240, is to read as follows:
“(c) A power of attorney for health care decisions properly executed prior to October 1, 2006, shall have the same power and effect as provided under section 1-55 of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2015, in effect at the time of its execution.”
(P.A. 06-195, S. 80; P.A. 07-252, S. 21; P.A. 15-240, S. 51.)
History: P.A. 07-252 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsecs. (b) and (c) re legal force and effect of appointments of health care agent and powers of attorney for health care decisions executed before October 1, 2006; P.A. 15-240 amended Subsec. (c) by adding “of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2015”, effective July 1, 2016.
