SB239: Establishes provisions governing the prescribing, dispensing and administering of medication designed to end the life of a patient. (BDR 40-677)

Legislative Summary

AN ACT relating to health care; revising provisions concerning medical certificates of death relating to a person who self-administers a medication that is designed to end his or her life; authorizing a physician or advanced practice registered nurse to prescribe a medication that is designed to end the life of a patient under certain circumstances; prohibiting persons other than a patient from administering a medication that is designed to end the life of the patient; imposing requirements on certain providers of health care and health care facilities relating to the records of a patient who requests a medication that is designed to end his or her life; providing immunity to certain providers of health care and health care facilities that take certain actions relating to prescribing or dispensing a medication that is designed to end the life of a patient; authorizing the owner or operator of a health care facility to prohibit certain persons from providing certain services relating to a medication that is designed to end the life of a patient; prohibiting a person from conditioning provisions of a will, contract, agreement or policy of life insurance on the request for or acquisition or administration of a medication that is designed to end the life of the person; prohibiting a person from denying benefits under a policy of life insurance to or imposing additional charges against a policyholder or beneficiary because the insured requested or revoked a request for a medication that is designed to end the life of the person; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.