In 2010, along with passage of the Family Health Care Decisions Act, the legal authority for MOLST was moved from N.Y. Public Health Law Article 29-B to a new N.Y. Public Health Law Article 29-CCC.
U 2010., sa izglasavanjem zakona o obiteljskim odlukama o zdravstvenoj zaštiti, pravna uputa za MOLST je prešla iz N.Y. Public Health Law članka 29-B u članak 29-CCC.