2023 Senate Bill 681

Health: death; physician-assisted suicide; allow under certain circumstances.

A bill to regulate physician assistance for patient-requested life-ending medication; to require safeguards for determining that a patient is qualified to receive life-ending medication; to require documentation and reporting; to specify certain legal consequences regarding insurance; to provide for civil and criminal immunity and freedom from professional sanctions for persons acting in conformity with this act; to provide for penalties and sanctions for violations of this act; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

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"Death with dignity act" to regulate the provision of life-ending medication to terminally ill patients who request it.

Introduced in the Senate

Nov. 9, 2023

Introduced by Sen. Mary Cavanagh (D-6) and 11 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Sens. Kevin Hertel (D-12), Veronica Klinefelt (D-11), Sam Singh (D-28), Jeremy Moss (D-7), Erika Geiss (D-1), Stephanie Chang (D-3), Dayna Polehanki (D-5), Sean McCann (D-19), Jeff Irwin (D-15), Rosemary Bayer (D-13) and Paul Wojno (D-10)

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy