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 – April 11, 2017) Compassion & Choices has launched a new Colorado “Find Care” tool to empower residents to find and choose health systems and medical teams in their area that support patient choice under the Colorado End-of-Life Options Act. This tool will help people wisely choose health care facilities, hospice and medical teams…
DENVER, CO (Feb. 21, 2017) — Coloradans today met with their state legislators to emphasize the importance of protecting the End-of-Life Options Act, reminding them that voters passed the new law by an overwhelming 30-point margin (65% vs. 35%) in November. The End-of-Life Options Act allows mentally capable adults in Colorado who are in the…
Compassion & Choices launched the statewide bilingual Colorado Access Campaign on December 7 to educate Coloradans about the benefits and requirements of the state’s new medical aid-in-dying bill that was signed into law by Governor John Hickenlooper nine days later. “The Colorado Access Campaign is built on our nineteen years of experience helping to implement medical aid-in-dying…
A vote analysis of Prop. 106, Yes on Colorado End-of-Life Options, indicates that at a time when the country is divided, the issue of personal choice in end-of-life care unites us. Colorado voters approved the initiative by a nearly 30-point margin. The new law gives terminally ill adults the option to get a doctor’s prescription…
Compassion & Choices today launched a statewide, bilingual campaign to educate terminally ill Coloradans, families and medical providers about the benefits and requirements of the state’s new medical aid-in-dying law that is expected to take effect later this month. The 30-point margin of victory for the measure in Colorado demonstrates strong public support for the…
After seven months of strategic planning and plain hard work by Compassion & Choices and the Compassion & Choices Action Network, Colorado voted on Election Day to become the sixth state to authorize medical aid in dying via ballot initiative. Compassion & Choices lent its policy know-how and deep understanding of aid-in-dying laws to help…
Defensores de la Proposición 106 de Ayuda Médica para Morir Reaccionan a Resultados Electorales (Denver, CO – 8 de noviembre 2016) Colorado votó hoy para convertirse en el sexto estado en permitir que los adultos con una enfermedad terminal, con seis meses o menos de vida y que sufren de manera insoportable, tengan la opción…
Champions of Prop 106, medical aid in dying react to election results COLORADO — Colorado today voted to become the sixth state to allow terminally ill adults with six months or fewer to live and suffering unbearably the option to request, obtain, and if they so choose, self-administer a prescription medication to bring about their…
Thirteen months, ago on October 5, 2015, advocates for expanding end-of-life options celebrated a historic win. California Governor Jerry Brown had just signed into law the California End of Life Option Act, authorizing medical aid in dying in the nation’s most populous state. Our movement was now center stage. California was the most populous state…
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