A bill to prohibit certain health care facilities from withholding from patients of such facilities food, water, nourishment, and hydration, if such withholding would cause the death of patients.

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Introduced

5 August 1987

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Status

Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

Summary

Prohibits health care facilities receiving Federal financial assistance from withholding from any patient food, water, nourishment, and hydration if such withholding would cause the death of the patient.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/house-bill/3109
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