General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 668
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1828
*01828*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. COLEMAN, 2nd Dist. SEN. BYE, 5th Dist. SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist. REP. ALBIS, 99th Dist. REP. ALEXANDER, 58th Dist. REP. BARAM, 15th Dist. REP. FLEISCHMANN, 18th Dist. REP. LOPES, 24th Dist. REP. HENNESSY, 127th Dist. REP. LUXENBERG, 12th Dist. REP. LEMAR, 96th Dist. REP. MORIN, 28th Dist. REP. ROSE, 118th Dist. REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist. REP. STEINBERG, 136th Dist. REP. MILLER, 36th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 668
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 1828
*01828*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. COLEMAN, 2nd Dist.
SEN. BYE, 5th Dist.
SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist.
REP. ALBIS, 99th Dist.
REP. ALEXANDER, 58th Dist.
REP. BARAM, 15th Dist.
REP. FLEISCHMANN, 18th Dist.
REP. LOPES, 24th Dist.
REP. HENNESSY, 127th Dist.
REP. LUXENBERG, 12th Dist.
REP. LEMAR, 96th Dist.
REP. MORIN, 28th Dist.
REP. ROSE, 118th Dist.
REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist.
REP. STEINBERG, 136th Dist.
REP. MILLER, 36th Dist.
AN ACT PROVIDING A MEDICAL OPTION OF COMPASSIONATE AID IN DYING FOR TERMINALLY ILL ADULTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That chapter 368w of the general statutes be amended to specify that, with appropriate protections, at the request of a terminally ill patient who is mentally competent, a physician may prescribe a medication that such patient can self-ingest when and if such patient chooses to avoid prolonged suffering and bring about his or her own peaceful death.
Statement of Purpose:
To allow a terminally ill person who is mentally competent the option to receive a prescription for medication that he or she can self-ingest to bring about a peaceful death.