Medical aid in dying is currently authorized in Hawai‘i. Legislation to improve the Our Care, Our Choice Act (OCOCA) passed and was signed by Governor Josh Green on June 2, 2023. Read about the improvements here.
Hawaiʻi End of Life Options empowers terminally ill residents seeking medical aid in dying (MAID) to approach their death in a manner that aligns with their wishes and values.
They educate patients and providers, connect people to resources, and provide navigation and support related to the Our Care, Our Choice Act.
The following article appeared in the Economist on April 26, 2018: THREE years ago John Radcliffe, a jovial retired lobbyist in Hawaii, was diagnosed with terminal stage four colon and liver cancer. He has since undergone 60 rounds of chemotherapy but doctors suspect he has just six more months to live. His illness often leaves…
Compassion & Choices Hawai‘i today launched a public education campaign to prepare for the implementation of the Our Care, Our Choice Act, which goes into effect on January 1, 2019. The Hawai‘i Access Campaign is a volunteer-led effort to educate the community, healthcare professionals and systems to ensure terminally ill adults in Hawai‘i have meaningful access…
After 20 years of diligent campaigning by C&C and local advocates, Hawai‘i joins seven other U.S. jurisdictions to pass a medical aid-in-dying law. Compassion & Choices and hundreds of dedicated advocates achieved another momentous victory on April 5 when Governor David Ige signed HB 2739, the Our Care, Our Choice Act, authorizing medical aid in…
Compassion & Choices Hawai‘i thanked Governor David Ige today for signing HB 2739, the Our Care, Our Choice Act, that will give mentally capable, terminally ill adult state residents the option of medical aid in dying to peacefully end unbearable suffering. Advocates for medical aid in dying had tried to pass legislation authorizing it in…
Compassión & Choices Hawái agradeció hoy al gobernador David Ige por firmar la HB 2739, la Ley Our Care, Our Choice, Nuestro Cuidado, Nuestra Decisión) que brindará a los residentes que sufren de una enfermedad terminal pero mentalmente capaz, la opción de ayuda médica para morir y así terminar pacíficamente con un sufrimiento insoportable. Los…
Compassion & Choices de Hawái aplaudió hoy al Senado Estatal por su voto de 23 a 2 para aprobar la HB 2739, la medida “Our Care, Our Choice”. Se espera que el gobernador David Y. Ige firme el proyecto de ley que aprobó la Cámara de Representantes por una mayoría de 39-12, que autorizaría la…
Compassion & Choices Hawai‘i applauded the Senate’s Commerce, Consumer Protection and Health Committee for its 6-0 vote to pass HB2739, the Our Care, Our Choice Act, out of committee following public hearing on the bill today. (One committee member was excused from the vote). HB2739 now moves to the Senate Judiciary Committee. If enacted into…
Compassion & Choices Hawai‘i applauded the state House of Representatives for its bipartisan 39 to 12 vote to pass legislation after a third and final reading today that would authorize medical aid in dying as an option for terminally ill adults in Hawai‘i. The bill, whose title is the “Our Care, Our Choice Act” (HB…
Compassion & Choices Hawai‘i applauds the Hawai‘i House Health & Human Services (HHS) and Judiciary (JUD) Committees for their overwhelming 4 to 1 vote (HHS) and 7 to 1 vote (JUD) today to approve medical aid-in-dying legislation, “Our Care, Our Choice Act,” HB2739, for full House consideration following a joint public hearing on the bill…
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