PRINTER'S NO. 1020
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
899
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY A. DAVIS, MURT, KINSEY, McNEILL, CALTAGIRONE,
HILL-EVANS, KIRKLAND, FREEMAN, COX, FITZGERALD, MADDEN,
DeLUCA, T. DAVIS, YOUNGBLOOD AND McCLINTON, MARCH 20, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 20, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in incapacitated persons,
further providing for provisions concerning powers, duties
and liabilities.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5521(g) of Title 20 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
§ 5521. Provisions concerning powers, duties and liabilities.
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(d.1) Mental health care decisions.--
(1) Subject to the following, a guardian of the person
shall have the same authority to make mental health care
decisions on behalf of the incapacitated person as a mental
health care agent under Chapter 58 (relating to mental health
care), and a mental health care decision by the guardian of
the person shall be effective without court approval as with
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