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.
Our friends at the Yes on Colorado End-of-Life Options campaign – who are being supported by both Compassion & Choices and the Compassion & Choices Action Network – succeeded in collecting enough valid signatures to get the End-of-Life Option Act on the 2016 ballot. Secretary of State Wayne Williams announced on August 15 that Coloradans…
With just under 100 days until the election, our friends with the Yes on Colorado End-of-Life Options campaign successfully delivered over 160,000 signatures to the state capitol on Thursday, qualifying the End-of-Life Option Act for the November ballot. Compassion & Choices would like to commend everyone working hard on the ground in Colorado. Check out…
(Denver, CO – May 9, 2016) Compassion & Choices Action Network today pledged to support a citizen-led ballot measure—Initiative #145—to authorize a medical aid in dying option for eligible, terminally ill Coloradans. The Colorado End of Life Options Act, a statutory measure, would allow a mentally capable, terminally ill adult to request aid-in-dying medication from…
Our Colorado team continues to make encouraging progress: Following 11 hours of compelling testimony for the Colorado End of Life Options Act at the state Capitol last week, members of the House Judiciary Committee voted six to five in favor of the bill, allowing the legislation to move to the House floor. “The campaign to…
Always interested in the medical field, Denver-based volunteer Lynn Weitzel returned to school at age 53 to start a career as a hospice nurse, bringing her in close contact with end-of-life issues. Being aware of how many hospice patients had not stated their wishes regarding final care options and that even though some had, they…
Coloradoans need not worry that their health care will be compromised by hospital mergers, thanks to a bill signed into law recently by Gov. Bill Ritter. The bill clarifies the Colorado attorney general’s authority to include conducting hearings and reviewing proposed mergers for negative impacts to patient care. The legislation comes in light of a…
A bill that would prevent hospital mergers from compromising patient care received approval by the Colorado House and Senate and will now be considered by Gov. Bill Ritter. If passed, the bill would clarify the Colorado attorney general’s authority to include conducting hearings and reviewing proposed mergers for negative impacts to patient care. The legislation…
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