A bill would look into asking you about end-of-life plans at the DMV.
Sen. Eddie Goodall, a Union County Republican, said he filed the bill to try to prevent situations like the Terri Schiavo case, in which the husband and parents of a Florida woman in a vegetative state fought over whether to keep her on life support.
Goodall wants to study whether the N.C. Department of Motor Vehicles should ask drivers whether they have an advance directive or living will when they renew their driver's license.
The state would not advocate for or against having a living will or what it should say, but the response would be noted on licenses.
That would help family members determine if they should keep searching for a living will and might encourage some who don't have one to look into it, Goodall said.
"I've talked to a lot of nurses and people in palliative care," he said. "They say there's a big need for more education about living wills becaues families go through misery trying to make these end-of-life decisions.
"It would make it much easier if their loved one made the decision for them."
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