Legacy Act of 2025

This bill directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to seek an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study setting up a national, confidential, and secure system for storing last wish documents. Under the studied system, an authorized agent could retrieve these documents, and individuals would not be charged. Last wish documents include advance directives, organ donor registrations, healthcare proxies, powers of attorney, and living wills. The National Academies would report the study's status to the Secretary and Congress within 2 years and its results within 4 years.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• Thomas R. Suozzi Democrat sponsor
• 3 cosponsors