The California End of Life Option Act went into effect on June 9, 2016. This compassionate option allows for an eligible terminally ill adult, with a prognosis of six months or less to live, to request and receive a prescription form their doctor that they can self-ingest to peacefully end their suffering.
An improvement bill, SB 380, took effect in 2022. The Department of Public Health’s annual data report showed there was a 47% increase in Californians who used the law in 2022, increasing access to the law exactly as intended.
We will continue to work on reauthorizing this law, removing the sunset provision, and reducing barriers to access while ensuring safeguards remain intact.
The CDSS issued a notice to adult and senior care facilities about the End of Life Option Act. Residents who qualify for medical aid in dying living in assisted facilities and other adult or senior care facilities are able to take their medication in their home and can’t be evicted for choosing this option.
A Los Angeles filmmaker chronicles her parents’ use of California’s End of Life Option Act and includes other terminally ill advocates for medical aid in dying across the country in a new documentary series streaming on Amazon Prime
Compassion & Choices, the American Association for Justice, and Public Justice Thursday praised a California Supreme Court ruling last week that a patient’s advance directive appointing a healthcare agent to make their medical decisions does not authorize them to sign arbitration agreements on the patient’s behalf. The groups, along with Consumer Attorneys of California, made the same conclusion in a friend-of-the-court brief they…
Don José Alejandro Lemuz Murió el Domingo Después de Sufrir un Cáncer Terminal Don José Alejandro Lemuz, con cáncer de próstata terminal, murió pacíficamente en su casa de Wilmington, CA., después de utilizar la ley de ayuda médica para morir de California. Don José, Hondureño de 60 años, falleció el Domingo de Pascua a las…
Don José Alejandro Lemuz Died Sunday in his Sleep after Suffering from Terminal Cancer Don José Alejandro Lemuz, a terminally ill Latino with terminal prostate cancer has died peacefully after using California’s medical aid-in-dying law at his home in Wilmington, CA. He was 60-years-old. Don José died Easter Sunday at 4:09 a.m. He was surrounded…
Law Advocates Who Sought to Intervene in Case Celebrate Ruling As Win for Dying Californians Compassion & Choices, which filed a motion on behalf of three California patients with disabilities and two doctors requesting to intervene in a federal lawsuit claiming the state’s revised End of Life Option Act (EOLOA) discriminates against people with disabilities,…
José Alejandro Lemuz Hace un Llamado a Su Gente Latina Para Que Conozca Sus Opciones de Cuidados de Salud Para el Fin de Vida José Alejandro Lemuz, un Latino con una enfermedad terminal con cáncer de próstata terminal e incurable, grabó un video para anunciar que planea utilizar el End of Life Option Act, o Ley…
José Alejandro Lemuz Urges Fellow Hispanics to Learn About Their End-of-Life Care Options A terminally ill Latino, José Alejandro Lemuz, with incurable, terminal prostate cancer, has recorded a video to announce he plans to use California’s End of Life Option Act that allows medical aid in dying as an option to gently end unbearable suffering. The law was…
Defensores de Ley que Intervinieron en el Caso Celebran Fallo como Victoria Para Californianos que están Muriendo Compassion & Choices, la organización que presentó una moción en nombre de tres pacientes con discapacidades y dos médicos de California que intervinieron en una demanda federal, que alegaba que la Ley de Opción de Fin de Vida…
Updated 3/29/2024 While we acknowledge that the California End of Life Option Act (SB1196) can be improved to enhance accessibility for those who qualify under the existing law, it’s imperative to approach any additional proposals with empathy toward those seeking access to the law, an awareness of the risks to vulnerable populations, an understanding of…
Tres pacientes con discapacidades de California y dos médicos de California presentaron el jueves una moción solicitando intervenir en una demanda federal, alegando que el End of Life Option Act o la actualizada Ley de Opción para el Fin de Vida del estado, discrimina a las personas con discapacidades. También presentaron una moción para desestimar…
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