Our firm generally prepares a HIPAA Authorization which gives your health care agents the authority to receive your medical records. The HIPAA Authorization is very helpful because it provides the people you choose legal authority to obtain medical information and records on your behalf while you have capacity (and before the Health Care Proxy would take effect). We may also prepare a Designation of Burial Agent which would give the person you grant the authority to make burial decisions when you pass away.
By Esther Schwartz Zelmanovitz
