{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-19a-573","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-573","heading":"Comfort care and pain alleviation to be provided. Documents executed prior to October 1, 1991.","body":"(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 19a-571, 19a-572, 19a-575, 19a-575a, 19a-577, 19a-580a and 19a-580b, comfort care and pain alleviation shall be provided in all cases.\n(b) Any document executed prior to October 1, 1991, in accordance with section 19a-575, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 1991, and section 19a-575a shall not be invalidated by any provision of public act 91-283*. Any document executed prior to October 1, 1991, shall not be presumed to prohibit withholding or withdrawal of life support systems as defined in section 19a-570, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 1991, unless such prior document specifically addresses such withholding or withdrawal.","path":["TITLE 19a. PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELL-BEING","CHAPTER 368w*. REMOVAL OF LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND MEDICAL ORDERS FOR LIFE-SUSTAINING TREATMENT"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_368w.htm#sec_19a-573","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:03Z","sha256":"2fcbd850c6b5c3e1303f3db31dc631d239ee14ee927e0cd2b2fd5e6b47b63c32","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-19a-572","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-19a-574"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}