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| Measure Title: |
RELATING TO AID IN DYING.
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| Report Title: |
Medical Aid in Dying; Patient Choice
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| Description: |
Authorizes a terminally ill adult with the capacity to make an informed health care decision to request a prescription for aid in dying medication from their attending physician to facilitate a peaceful death. Establishes that an attending physician determines a terminally ill adult's capacity to make an informed health care decision. Establishes that medical aid in dying does not constitute euthanasia, suicide, homicide, elder abuse or neglect, or cause a person to be considered a danger to self. Protects physicians who assist patients in obtaining aid in dying medication from civil or criminal liability. Makes it a felony to coerce an individual to request medication for the purpose of ending his or her life or to conceal a rescission of such request.
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| Companion: |
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| Package: |
None
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| Current Referral: |
CPH, JDL
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| Introducer(s): |
INOUYE, IHARA, K. RHOADS, RUDERMAN, WAKAI, Galuteria, Taniguchi
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| Act: |
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| Sort by Date | | Status Text |
| 1/23/2017 | S | Referred to CPH, JDL. |
| 1/23/2017 | S | Passed First Reading. |
| 1/20/2017 | S | Introduced. |
S = Senate |
H = House |
D = Data Systems |
$ = Appropriation measure |
ConAm = Constitutional Amendment
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