An Act relative to preventing discrimination against persons with disabilities in the provision of health care

This bill amends Massachusetts state law to prevent discrimination against people with disabilities in healthcare settings. It specifically prohibits hospitals and other medical entities from denying or deprioritizing life-saving treatment based on assumptions that a person's life is less valuable because of their disability or chronic health condition. While the law bans using disability as a reason to withhold care, it explicitly allows medical professionals to consider short-term survival probabilities when allocating resources during a crisis. Additionally, the legislation forbids using metrics that assign lower value to life extension for individuals with pre-existing disabilities when deciding which treatments to offer or cover.