The Legacy Act of 2025 directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study how to create a national system for storing and retrieving important end-of-life documents at no cost to individuals. The documents covered include advance directives, organ donor registrations, healthcare proxies, powers of attorney, and living wills. The system would be confidential and secure, allowing authorized agents (such as family members or healthcare providers) to access these documents when needed. The National Academies must submit a status report to Congress within two years and a final report with study results within four years of the bill's enactment. The bill does not specify funding amounts, focusing instead on establishing the research framework to determine feasibility and best practices for a national document storage system.
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