An Act amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in health care, further providing for applicability, for definitions, for criminal penalties, for emergency medical services, for definitions, for orders, bracelets and necklaces, for revocation, for absence of order, bracelet or necklace and for emergency medical services, repealing provisions relating to advisory committee and providing for discontinuance and for Pennsylvania orders for life-sustaining treatment.

Added a new definition for 'Life-Limiting and Irreversible Condition' to clarify when a POLST form is appropriate.

Added a new definition for 'Health Care Facility' to explicitly include hospitals, long-term care facilities, and other licensed facilities.

Established a one-year transition period where old OOH-DNR orders executed after the new POLST form is adopted will still be presumed valid if executed in good faith.

Added new prohibitions preventing insurance companies from requiring a POLST for coverage or charging different rates based on whether a patient has one.

Added new prohibitions preventing healthcare facilities from making consent to a POLST a condition for admission or continued occupancy.

Modified the definition of 'Health Care Provider' to include personnel recognized under the Emergency Medical Services Act and Good Samaritan laws.