General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6217
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 1908
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. HOLDER-WINFIELD, 94th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6217
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 1908
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. HOLDER-WINFIELD, 94th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING DEATH WITH DIGNITY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to allow a competent, terminally ill patient to self-administer medication to end his or her life after the receipt of counseling, a physician's evaluation, the passage of a waiting period and the completion of a formal, witnessed request for such medication.
Statement of Purpose:
To allow a competent, terminally ill patient to self-administer medication that will end his or her life.