Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06238 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/19/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6238
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 1551
 *01551*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. ELLIOTT, 88th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6238 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 1551

*01551*

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH 

Introduced by:

REP. ELLIOTT, 88th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE OPTION TO DIE WITH DIGNITY.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to allow physicians to provide end-of-life options for patients who are in severe physical pain.

Statement of Purpose: 

To provide end-of-life options for patients who are in severe physical pain.