Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06024 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6024
22 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 2438
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44 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
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66 REP. STEINBERG, 136th Dist.
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1010 Proposed Bill No. 6024
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1212 January Session, 2017
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1414 LCO No. 2438
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2020 Introduced by:
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2222 REP. STEINBERG, 136th Dist.
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2424 AN ACT CONCERNING AID IN DYING FOR TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS.
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2626 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2828 That the general statutes be amended to allow a physician to dispense or prescribe medication at the request of a mentally competent patient that has a terminal illness that such patient may self-administer to bring about his or her death.
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3232 To enable terminally ill patients to seek an appropriate means of ending their lives.