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.
Compassion & Choices instó al procurador general de California a presentar de inmediato una apelación ante un tribunal de apelación estatal para suspender una sentencia del tribunal inferior que invalida el End of Life Option Act o Ley de Opción de Fin de la Vida. La apelación del fallo presentado anoche por el Tribunal Superior…
Compassion & Choices restó importancia a una decisión preliminar del Tribunal de Apelaciones del Cuarto Distrito en rechazar una petición de solicitud a negar una “instancia” para suspender un fallo del tribunal inferior que invalida el End of Life Option Act o Ley de Opción de Fin de Vida, señalando que la ley sigue vigente…
Compassion & Choices downplayed a preliminary ruling by the 4th District Court of Appeals to deny a “stay” request to suspend a lower court ruling to invalidate the End of Life Option Act, noting the law remains in effect and patients can still access it. The Court further ordered that the plaintiffs explain why the…
Compassion & Choices elogió hoy al procurador general de California por presentar una solicitud de emergencia ante el tribunal estatal de apelaciones para revocar un fallo del tribunal inferior que invalida el End of Life Option Act. La ley Opción de Fin de Vida sigue vigente hasta nuevo aviso. Similar a las leyes en Washington,…
Compassion & Choices praised the California attorney general for filing an emergency request with the state court of appeals to reverse a lower court ruling to invalidate the End of Life Option Act. The End of Life Option Act remains in effect until further notice. Similar to laws in Washington, D.C. and six other states,…
Un juez de California otorgó una moción a los opositores del California End of Life Option Act (Ley de Opción de Fin de Vida de California) para invalidar la ley debido a que dice que la legislatura violó la constitución del estado al aprobarla durante una sesión especial limitada a asuntos de salud. El juez de la…
Just this morning, a Riverside County Superior Court judge granted a motion by opponents of the California End of Life Option Act to invalidate the law on a procedural technicality. Unless the state successfully appeals the ruling in the next five days, eligible California residents will be prevented from utilizing medical aid in dying to…
A California judge granted a motion by opponents of the California End of Life Option Act to overturn the law because he said the legislature violated the state constitution by passing it during a special session limited to health care issues. Riverside County Superior Court Judge Daniel A. Ottolia gave the state attorney general five…
Compassion & Choices has filed an amicus brief defending California’s legal definition of brain dead as dead that is under challenge because of a decision by Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles to stop artificial life support for a brain dead two-year-old boy. The deceased boy’s mother and a right-wing religious group have filed a lawsuit…
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