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.
Compassion & Choices Action Network is proud to share that, due to our advocacy and the leadership of Senator Catherine Blakespear and other legislative champions, SB 403, the bill to make the End of Life Option Act permanent, has been signed into law on October 3, 2025, by Governor Gavin Newsom. We are so pleased that in times of great uncertainty, we have worked alongside champions and partners to ensure that everyone in the Golden State will continue to have access to the End of Life Option Act in perpetuity.
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.
(Sacramento, CA, Compassion & Choices Action Network praised California Governor Gavin Newsom for signing into law Senate Bill 380 because it will dramatically improve terminally ill Californians’ access to the 2015 End of Life Option Act. The End of Life Option Act gives mentally capable, terminally ill adults the option to request prescription medication they…
(Sacramento, CA) Compassion & Choices Action Network elogió la aprobación de la medida bipartidista SB 380 que mejorará el End of Life Option Act o Ley de Opción de Fin de Vida. Hoy, con una votación del 26-8, el Senado de California aprobó la SB 380, presentada por la Senadora Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton) y…
(Sacramento, CA) Compassion & Choices Action Network hailed the passage of Senate Bill 380, which would improve the state’s End of Life Option Act. Today, with a vote of the 26-8, the California State Senate passed concurrence of SB 380, co-authored by Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton) and Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Santa Rosa). The bill…
(Sacramento, CA) – Compassion & Choices Action Network aplaudió hoy a la Asamblea de California por aprobar el Senate Bill 380 o Medida SB 380, con una votación del Pleno de la Asamblea de 47-14. La medida bipartidista SB 380 presentada por la Senadora Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton) y el Asambleísta Jim Wood (D-Santa Rosa),…
(Sacramento, CA) Compassion & Choices Action Network today applauded the California State Assembly for passing Senate Bill 380 by a floor vote of 47-14. The bipartisan bill, co-authored by Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton) and Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Santa Rosa), would improve access to the End of Life Option Act. The bill now moves to…
(Sacramento, CA) Compassion & Choices Action Network today applauded the California State Assembly Appropriations Committee for passing Senate Bill 380, with amendments, by a vote of 12-4. SB 380, co-authored by Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton) and Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Santa Rosa), would improve access to the End of Life Option Act. The bill, which…
(Sacramento, CA) Compassion & Choices Action Network aplaudió hoy al Comité de Asignaciones de la Asamblea de California, por aprobar la Medida de Ley SB 380 del Senado, con una votación de 10-4. La Senadora Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton) y el Asambleísta Jim Wood (D-Santa Rosa), son coautores de la SB 380. Dicha medida mejorará…
After years of effort, the Elizabeth Whitefield End-of-Life Options Act went into effect June 18. The same day, Compassion & Choices launched the bilingual New Mexico Access Campaign to educate the public and provide technical assistance to healthcare providers and medical systems about the new law. This campaign is built on our 24 years of…
(Sacramento, California) Compassion & Choices Action Network agradeció hoy al Comité Judicial de la Asamblea del Estado de California por aprobar la medida Senate Bill 380, por un voto de 6-1. La propuesta presentada por la Senadora Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton) y el Asambleísta Jim Wood (D-Santa Rosa), coautores del Senate Bill 380, mejoraría el…
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