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Vermont lawmakers just made it easier to file advance directives

Advance directives can be even more important in the time of the coronavirus.
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The bill will allow remote witnesses in the process of establishing an advance directive.

The Vermont Senate on Friday passed .

These documents allow someone to spell out the specific kinds of health care treatment they want in case they become incapacitated and can't convey their wishes.

Currently, the process to establish an advance directive .

But Sen. Ginny Lyons, a Democrat from Williston and chair of the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare, says the state's experience with COVID shows the need to provide remote and electronic options.

"People couldn't get together during COVID quite a bit, so that is a result of our isolation and need to use computer technology in completing these forms," Lyons says.

The bill already passed in the House.

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