Ana Maria Rodriguez files a bill to better ensure patient choices are honored in end-of-life care

Ana Maria Rodriguez files a bill to better ensure patient choices are honored in end-of-life care 
Florida Politics; by Andrew Powell; 10/31/25 
Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez wants to make sure physicians follow directives from Florida patients who communicate and preauthorize end-of-life care preferences. Those can include pain management choices and interventions that artificially prolong the process of dying. The Doral Republican filed a bill (SB 312) that aims to establish and regulate “patient-directed medical orders” within Florida law, ensuring that patient preferences, such as withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining interventions, are honored and respected across health care settings.