VirginiaHealth care; decision-making, definitions, medical aid in dying, penalties.
What it does
Health care; decision-making; end of life; penalties. Allows an adult diagnosed with a terminal disease to request and an attending health care provider to prescribe a self-administered controlled substance for the purpose of ending the patient's life. The bill requires that a patient's request for a self-administered controlled substance to end his life must be given orally on two occasions and in writing, signed by the patient and one witness, and that the patient be given an express opportunity to rescind his request at any time.
More detail
The bill makes it a Class 2 felony (i) to willfully and deliberately alter, forge, conceal, or destroy a patient's request, or rescission of request, for a self-administered controlled substance to end his life with the intent and effect of causing the patient's death; (ii) to coerce, intimidate, or exert undue influence on a patient to request a self-administered controlled substance for the purpose of ending his life or to destroy the patient's rescission of such request with the intent and effect of causing the patient's death; or (iii) to coerce, intimidate, or exert undue influence on a patient to forgo a self-administered controlled substance for the purpose of ending the patient's life. The bill also grants immunity from civil or criminal liability and professional disciplinary action to any person who complies with the provisions of the bill and allows health care providers to refuse to participate in the provision of a self-administered controlled substance to a patient for the purpose of ending the patient's life.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2024
- Nov 18Left in Courts of JusticeLatest
- Mar 4Continued to 2025 with substitute in Courts of Justice
- Mar 4Committee substitute posted to LIS only 24108417D-H1
- Mar 4House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Feb 23Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice (Voice Vote)Minor
- Feb 23Referred from Rules (Voice Vote)Minor
- Feb 15Referred to Committee on RulesMinor
- Feb 15Read first timeMinor
- Feb 15Placed on Calendar
- Feb 9Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 8Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB280S1Major
- Feb 8Committee substitute agreed to 24106105D-S1Major
- Feb 8Reading of substitute waived
- Feb 8Read second timeMinor
- Feb 7Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 6Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported without amendment. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 2Impact statement from DPB (SB280S1)
- Jan 26Impact statement from VCSC (SB280S1)
- Jan 25Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Vote recorded Reported with substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 25Rereferred to Finance and AppropriationsMinor
- Jan 25Committee substitute printed 24106105D-S1Major
- Jan 25Reported from Education and Health with substitute (8-Y 6-N 1-A)Minor
- Jan 23Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- Jan 18Assigned Education and Health Sub: HealthMinor
- Jan 17Impact statement from DPB (SB280)
- Jan 10Impact statement from VCSC (SB280)
- Jan 9Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Jan 9Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101159DIntroduced