On June 5, Governor Jared Polis signed the improved End-of-Life Options Act into law. SB 68 goes into effect August 7, 2024.
Key updates to the law:
The mandatory waiting period between oral requests is reduced from 15 to seven days, or waived entirely if the patient is unlikely to survive the wait.
Advanced practice registered nurses with prescriptive authority can now serve as attending and consulting providers.
The Colorado End-of-Life Options Act went into effect on December 16, 2016, authorizing the compassionate option of medical aid in dying for terminally ill adults to get a prescription they can take to end their suffering peacefully.
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Our Introduction to Medical Aid in Dying state packets help explain the medical aid in dying process in jurisdictions where it is authorized*. Compassion & Choices updated the packets to be the most comprehensive resource for those wanting to understand or use medical aid-in-dying laws.
Compassion & Choices, alongside advocates and clinicians, praised Colorado Governor Jared Polis for signing legislation (SB24-068) Wednesday to significantly improve access to medical aid in dying for terminally ill patients. The Colorado End-of-Life Options Act, originally enacted into law via a ballot initiative with 65% voter support in 2016, gives terminally ill, mentally capable adults…
The Colorado House of Representatives passed the updated End-of-Life Options Act (SB24-068) Friday to provide more equitable access to medical aid in dying in a verbal floor vote. The full Senate passed the bill in a bipartisan 24-11 vote last month. The legislation next moves to Governor Jared Polis for his consideration. By law, he…
La Cámara de Representantes de Colorado aprobó el viernes el End- of-Life Options Act (SB24-068) o Medida que actualiza la Ley de Opciones para Fin de Vida (SB24-068). La propuesta de ley permitirá un acceso más equitativo a la ayuda médica para morir. El pleno del Senado aprobó el mes pasado la medida con una…
El Comité de Salud y Servicios Humanos de la Cámara de Representantes votó el martes 9-4 para avanzar el (SB24-068) que permite que el acceso al Colorado End-of-Life Options Act o Ley de Opciones para el Fin de Vida de Colorado, sea más equitativo para todas las personas con enfermedades terminales de Colorado. El comité…
Committee is First in the House to Hear, Vote on Bill The House Health & Human Services Committee voted 9-4 Tuesday to advance legislation (SB24-068) to make access to the Colorado End-of-Life Options Act more equitable for all terminally ill Coloradans. The committee was the first in the House to vote on the bill. Legislators heard testimony…
Seres queridos de residentes de Colorado con enfermedades terminales, junto con defensores y expertos clínicos, expresaron el jueves su gratitud al Senate Health & Human Services o Comité de Salud y Servicios Humanos del Senado por su voto bipartidista de 7 a 1 para avanzar la medida (SB24-068) que mejora el acceso a la actual Colorado End-Of-Life…
Committee Advances Bill After Hearing Numerous Emotional Pleas from Colorado Voters Loved ones of terminally ill Coloradans, joined by advocates and clinical experts, expressed gratitude to the Senate Health & Human Services Committee Thursday afternoon for their bipartisan vote of 7-1 to advance legislation (SB24-068) to improve access to the Colorado End-of-Life Options Act. The bill…
Defensores elogiaron a la vicepresidenta del Comité de Salud y Servicios Humanos del Senado, Joann Ginal (Condado de Larimer) y al Representante Kyle Brown (Condados de Boulder y Broomfield), por presentar el martes una nueva medida para mejorar el acceso de los pacientes que están muriendo, al 2016 End-of-Life Options Act. La Ley de Opciones para el Fin de Vida…
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