On January 16, 2025, the End of Life Options Act (S.1486/H.2505) was introduced for the 2025-2026 legislative session by Senator Jo Comerford, Representative Jim O’Day and Representative Ted Philips.
On April 2, S.1486/H.2505: An Act Relative to End of Life Options was heard by the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Public Health.
On July 30, 2025, H.2505 was reported favorably out of the Joint Committee on Public Health by a vote of 9-1 to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing.
On October 14, 2025 the Senate bill, S.1486, was reported favorably out of Public Health to Health Care Financing by a vote of 4-0-1.
On November 17, 2025, S.1486 was voted favorably out of Health Care Financing to Senate Ways & Means by a vote of 4-1-2.
We ask that advocates in Massachusetts use the link below to email their legislators and ask them to work to move this session’s bills forward.
The Massachusetts End of Life Options Act would authorize medical aid in dying in Massachusetts, bringing the full range of end-of-life care options to terminally ill Massachusetts residents. Email your lawmakers today and urge them to cosponsor the bill.
Terminally ill patients and caregivers of loved ones who have died with unbearable suffering praised the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing for approving the End of Life Options Act (S.1331/H.2246) and referring the bill to the Senate Ways and Means Committee last Thursday. The bill’s approval follows bill supporters’ riveting testimony at the Legislature’s Public Health…
Pacientes con enfermedades terminales y cuidadores de seres queridos que han muerto con un sufrimiento insoportable, elogiaron al Joint Committee on Health Care Financing por aprobar el End-of-Life Options Act (S.1331/H.2246) o Medida Opciones para el Fin de Vida, y por pasar la medida al Senate Ways and Means Committee el jueves pasado. La aprobación…
Terminally ill patients and caregivers of loved ones who have died with unbearable suffering praised the Joint Committee on Public Health (JPH) for approving the End of Life Options Act (S.1331/ H.2246) Wednesday afternoon. The bill’s approval follows bill supporters’ riveting testimony at a JPH hearing last October. Sponsored by Senator Jo Comerford, Representatives James O’Day, and Ted Philips, and cosponsored by 84…
Palliative care in emergency departments is bringing a critical shift in the end-of-life experience. Every year there are over 137 million visits to hospital emergency departments (EDs) in the United States. Adults 65 and older use the ED more than any other age group, and half of older adults will visit the ED in the…
Varias decenas de personas con enfermedades terminales y cuidadores de seres queridos que han muerto con un sufrimiento insoportable, brindaron un poderoso testimonio en una audiencia el viernes ante el Joint Committee on Public Health, donde hacen un llamado a la legislatura estatal para que aprueben el End of Life Options Act o Medida Opciones para el…
Dozens of terminally ill patients and caregivers of loved ones who died with unbearable suffering testified at a Friday hearing before the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Public Health to urge the state Legislature to pass the End of Life Options Act (H.2246/S.1331). Sponsored by Senator Jo Comerford and Representatives James O’Day and Ted Philips, and cosponsored by 80 other lawmakers, the bill…
Casi tres de cada cuatro votantes de Massachusetts (73%) apoya una medida que permite a los adultos con una enfermedad terminal tener la opción de la ayuda médica para morir de manera pacífica y poner fin a un sufrimiento insoportable. Casi ocho de cada 10 votantes (79%) apoya la propuesta después de conocer sus salvaguardas,…
First Statewide Poll on Issue Among Key Constituencies Shows Strong Support Among Catholics, Pro-Choice/Anti-Choice Voters, People With Disabilities Nearly three out of four Massachusetts voters (73%) support a bill to allow terminally ill adults the option of medical aid in dying to peacefully end unbearable suffering, and nearly eight out of ten voters (79%) support…
An excerpt from The Lowell Sun letter to the editor, “ Pass medical aid in dying legislation,” by North Chelmsford resident Kathi Geisler, published March 21, 2023: The fight to pass a medical aid in dying bill has been raging in Massachusetts for over a decade. How can this be when 77% of Massachusetts residents report that they…
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