(a)__The Department of Human Services, Bureau of Health shall annually review records maintained pursuant to this Act.

(b)__The Department of Human Services, Bureau of Health shall adopt rules to facilitate the collection of information in compliance with this Act.__The information is not a public record and is not available to the public.

(c)__The Department of Human Services, Bureau of Health shall make available to the public an annual statistical report of information collected under subsection (b).

§5-916.__Effect on construction of wills, contracts and laws

(a)__A provision in a contract, will or other agreement, whether written or oral, to the extent the provision affects the decision of a person to make or revoke a request for medication to end the person's life in a humane and dignified manner, is not valid.

(b)__An obligation owing under any existing contract is not conditional to or affected by the making or revoking of a request for medication under this Act to end the person's life in a humane and dignified manner.

§5-917.__Insurance or annuity policies

Benefits payable under a life, health or accident insurance or annuity policy are not affected by making or revoking a request under this Act for medication to end the patient's life in a humane and dignified manner.__A qualified patient's act of ingesting medication to end that patient's life in a humane and dignified manner may not have an effect upon benefits payable under a life, health or accident insurance or annuity policy.

§5-918.__Construction

(a)__This Act may not be construed to authorize a physician or any other person to end a patient's life by lethal injection, mercy killing or active euthanasia.__Actions taken in accordance with this Act do not, for any purpose, constitute suicide, assisted suicide, mercy killing or homicide.

(b)__This Act may not be construed to authorize any person to assist in the administration of medication prescribed under the provisions of this Act.