Since the 2002 implementation of domestic partners, the benefits attached to domestic partnerships has been expanded many times. In the "Health Care Decisions Act of 2003", domestic partners were given the right to make health care decisions for their partners. The "Deed Recordation Tax and Related Amendments Amendment Act of 2004" provided equal treatment, like spouses, to domestic partners for the purpose of paying the deed recordation tax. Expanding benefits further, the "Department of Motor Vehicles Reform Amendment Act of 2004" exempted domestic partners from the excise tax payable for transfer of title to their partners. And the "Domestic Partnership Protection Amendment Act of 2004" amended the definition of the term "marital status" in the "Human Rights Act of 1997" to include domestic partners.