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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:40:2233",
  "title_number": "40",
  "section_number": "2233",
  "citation": "R.S. 40:2233",
  "heading": "Participation in health care decisions",
  "text": "Each enrollee should actively participate in decisions related to the enrollee's health care and treatment. Each enrollee has the right to:\n\n(1) Obtain complete information about their specific condition and treatment options and to seek second options.\n\n(2) Information about available experimental treatments and clinical trials and how such research can be accessed.\n\n(3) Have legal advanced directives or living wills respected by providers.\n\n(4) Obtain assistance in decisionmaking from a patient ombudsman knowledgeable about the enrollee's specific policy or plan.",
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    {
      "level": "title",
      "number": "40",
      "name": "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY"
    },
    {
      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "12",
      "name": "HEALTH CARE COST CONTROL"
    },
    {
      "level": "part",
      "number": "IV",
      "name": "RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARTICIPANTS IN HEALTH CARE COST CONTROL PROGRAM"
    }
  ],
  "breadcrumb": "Title 40 › Chapter 12 › Part IV",
  "acts_citations": [
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      "act_year": 1995,
      "act_number": 1212,
      "section": 1,
      "effective_date": "1995-06-29",
      "effective_date_raw": "June 29, 1995",
      "role": "enactment"
    }
  ],
  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1995, No. 1212, §1, eff. June 29, 1995.",
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