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[CITE: 42USC14406]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
            CHAPTER 138--ASSISTED SUICIDE FUNDING RESTRICTION
 
Sec. 14406. Clarification with respect to advance directives

    Subject to section 14402(b) of this title (relating to construction 
and treatment of certain services), sections 1395cc(f) and 1396a(w) of 
this title shall not be construed--
        (1) to require any provider or organization, or any employee of 
    such a provider or organization, to inform or counsel any individual 
    regarding any right to obtain an item or service furnished for the 
    purpose of causing, or the purpose of assisting in causing, the 
    death of the individual, such as by assisted suicide, euthanasia, or 
    mercy killing; or
        (2) to apply to or to affect any requirement with respect to a 
    portion of an advance directive that directs the purposeful causing 
    of, or the purposeful assisting in causing, the death of any 
    individual, such as by assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy 
    killing.

(Pub. L. 105-12, Sec. 7, Apr. 30, 1997, 111 Stat. 26.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1395cc, 1396a of this title.
