Joann Ginal
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 14
Primary
Current law authorizes an individual with a terminal illness to request, and the individual's attending physician to prescribe to the individual, medication to hasten the individual's death (medical aid-in-dying). The act modifies the medical aid-in-dying laws by: Providing an advanced practice registered nurse with the same authority to evaluate an individual and prescribe medication as a physician; Adding language specifying that if any end-of-life options conflict with requirements to receive federal money, the conflicting part is inoperative and the remainder of the law will continue to operate; and Reducing the waiting period between oral requests from 15 days to 7 days and allowing attending providers to waive the mandatory waiting period if the patient is unlikely to survive more than 48 hours and meets all other qualifications. The act also prohibits certain insurers from: Denying or altering health-care or life insurance benefits otherwise available to a covered individual with a terminal illness based on the availability of medical aid-in-dying; or Attempting to coerce an individual with a terminal illness to make a request for medical aid-in-dying medication. APPROVED by Governor June 5, 2024 EFFECTIVE August 7, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Governor Signed
Sent to the Governor
Signed by the Speaker of the House
Signed by the President of the Senate
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/07/2024 - No Amendments
Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| Signed Act (06/05/2024) | |
| Final Act (05/03/2024) | |
| Rerevised (04/09/2024) | |
| Revised (04/05/2024) | |
| Reengrossed (03/08/2024) | |
| Engrossed (03/07/2024) | |
| Introduced (01/22/2024) | |
| PA1 (03/01/2024) | |
| Committee Amendment |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Note FN1 (02/26/2024) | |
| Fiscal Note FN2 (03/21/2024) | |
| Fiscal Note FN3 (07/17/2024) |
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