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.
(Denver, CO) A new report from the Department of Public Health & Environment (CDPHE) Vital Statistics Program shows that five years after the implementation of Colorado’s medical aid-in-dying law, this compassionate medical practice continues to offer peace to qualified, terminally ill Coloradans. In 2021, 222 patients received prescriptions for aid-in-dying medications under the provisions of the…
Andrea Ankerholz of Silverthorne, Colorado, had been living cancer free since undergoing a double mastectomy in 2016. She learned in May 2020 that her cancer had returned. Two months later, scans and further testing revealed that it was metastatic cancer — Andrea was dying. Her oncologist gave her six to 12 months to live, possibly…
Today’s report from the Department of Public Health & Environment (CDPHE) Vital Statistics Program shows that four years after the implementation of Colorado’s medical aid in dying law, this compassionate option continues to help qualified terminally ill Coloradans peacefully end their suffering in accordance with their own values. In 2020, 188 patients were prescribed medical…
Three years after the End-of-Life Options Act went into effect, it is clear that the medical aid-in-dying law is helping some terminally ill Coloradans peacefully end their suffering in accordance with their own values, based on a report released today by the Department of Public Health & Environment (CDPHE) Vital Statistics Program. The law, passed…
This fall during open enrollment is the time when many of us are reviewing or reselecting our healthcare plans. We compare deductibles, out-of-cost maximums, prescription costs and premiums. Sadly, one of the most significant factors in making an informed decision is not prominently made available to the public – just as it wasn’t known to…
Herb Myers gazes at the note taped to the wall in the kitchen, the one reminding him not to forget his lunch when he leaves for work. There’s also one on a table in the next room telling him which heat vents to open in the winter. His wife, Kathy, made sure to leave handwritten…
Compassion & Choices elogió hoy el informe anual del Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) (Departamento de Salud Pública y Medio Ambiente de Colorado) que detalla el uso del End of Life Options Act (Ley Opciones de Fin de Vida) durante el segundo año de su implementación. Colorado está entre el número creciente…
Compassion & Choices today lauded the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) annual report detailing usage of the End-of-Life Options Act during its second year of implementation. Colorado is one of a growing number of states, where medical aid in dying is authorized as an option for mentally capable, terminally ill adults with…
Dos años después de la implementación del End-of-Life Options Act o Ley de Opciones de Fin de Vida, que autoriza la ayuda médica para morir para adultos con enfermedades terminales, está claro que la ley está funcionando bien en su etapa de implementación. La ley autoriza a los adultos mentalmente capaces y con enfermedades terminales…
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