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3 | 3 | LCO No. 2264 1 of 1 | |
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5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 374 | |
6 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
7 | 7 | LCO No. 2264 | |
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10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
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13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
14 | 14 | SEN. ABRAMS, 13 | |
15 | 15 | th Dist. | |
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21 | 21 | AN ACT CONCERNING END-OF-LIFE CARE. | |
22 | 22 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
23 | 23 | Assembly convened: | |
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25 | 25 | That the general statutes be amended to allow a physician to 1 | |
26 | 26 | dispense or prescribe medication at the request of a mentally 2 | |
27 | 27 | competent patient that has a terminal illness that such patient may self-3 | |
28 | 28 | administer to bring about such patient's death. 4 | |
29 | 29 | Statement of Purpose: | |
30 | 30 | To allow a mentally competent patient with a terminal illness to self- | |
31 | 31 | administer medication to bring about his or her death. |