A JOINT RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE joint legislative HEALTH CARE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO STUDY "DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDERS" ISSUED BY A PHYSICIAN in the ABSENCE OF THE PATIENT'S DECLARATION FOR NATURAL DEATH.
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
SECTION 1.  The Joint Legislative Health Care Oversight Committee may study the validity of "do not resuscitate" (DNR) orders issued by a physician in the absence of a declaration for natural death made by the patient for whom the DNR order was issued.  In conducting the study, the Committee may consider the matters raised in Senate Bill 685, 2007 General Assembly.
SECTION 2.  This resolution is effective upon ratification.