Bill allowing patients to pick partners as caregivers filed

Bill allowing patients to pick partners as caregivers filed

A bill allowing patients to designate their partners as healthcare agents who can make critical health decisions on their behalf has been filed in the House of Representatives.

Right to Care Bill filed in Congress to allow LGBTQIA+ patients to designate their partners as their ‘healthcare agent’

In the House of Representatives, Deputy Minority Leader Akbayan Rep. Perci Cendaña refiled the Right to Care Bill, or House Bill 2786, which eyes to create a “more inclusive and compassionate healthcare in the country” by allowing patients to designate their partners as their “healthcare agent”, regardless of their legal or marital status, to make critical health decisions on their behalf. Since LGBTQIA+ marriages are not legally recognized in t…