Will.com / Healthcare directive / Massachusetts
MA · Health Care Proxy
Make your Massachusetts healthcare directive.
Tell doctors what care you want and name someone to speak for you if you can't. Legally valid in Massachusetts. Free to create, or add secure online document storage with the $29/year subscription.
Massachusetts healthcare directive requirements
How it works
- 1
Answer a few questions
About your care preferences and who you want making decisions.
- 2
Download your healthcare directive
A complete, personalized document, formatted for Massachusetts.
- 3
Sign and share
Sign in front of 2 adult witnesses. Give a copy to your healthcare agent and your doctor.
What governs a Massachusetts directive
Massachusetts's healthcare-directive statute is at Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 201D §1 et seq.. The official form is the Health Care Proxy. Your directive is valid the moment it's signed under your state's witness and notary rules above; it only takes effect if your physician determines you can't make or communicate decisions yourself.
Who can witness your Massachusetts directive
Each of us declares that we are at least eighteen years of age and that we are not the appointed health care agent or alternate health care agent under this Health Care Proxy (Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 201D, §2). Massachusetts does not impose additional witness disqualifications based on family relationship, beneficiary status, or healthcare-provider role.
Recent Massachusetts directive law changes
Massachusetts permanent RON takes effect, but excludes wills and trusts
Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2023 permanently authorizes remote online notarization, but wills, trusts, and documents related to court proceedings remain excluded and still require in-person notarization.
Ch. 2, Acts of 2023
Two tiers, both private
Free: nothing leaves your browser. No account, no storage. Clear your answers whenever.
Subscription ($29/year): zero-knowledge encrypted storage. We store the ciphertext; only you hold the key. Edit and update as life changes.
Ready to create your directive?
Whatever you decide today, your family won’t have to guess. Start free, or save it to your account for $29 a year.