To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide the protections of habeas corpus for certain incapacitated individuals whose life is in jeopardy, and for other purposes.
Incapacitated Persons Legal Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal judicial code to extend habeas corpus protections to persons who are subject to a court order authorizing or directing the withholding or withdrawal of food, fluids, or medical treatment necessary to sustain the person's life.
Deems persons having custody in such cases to encompass parties so authorized or directed. States that there shall be no requirement to produce the body of the incapacitated person at the hearing.
Exempts from this Act those cases in which the incapacitated person indisputably executed a written advance directive while having capacity that clearly authorized the withholding or withdrawal of food, fluids, or necessary medical treatment.
Defines "incapacitated person" to mean an individual presently incapable of making relevant decisions concerning the provision, withholding, or withdrawal of food, fluids, or medical treatment under applicable State law.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 34.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Became Public Law No: 109-3.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H993-994)
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
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