Medical Assistance in Dying

This is a bill about helping people who are very sick to die peacefully. 

• This bill is about helping people who are very sick and will die soon.  It says that a doctor can give a sick person medicine to help them die peacefully if they ask for it.

  • The person must be very sick and have a doctor say they will die soon.

  • The person must ask for the medicine themselves.

  • The person must understand what the medicine will do and what other choices they have.

  • The doctor must make sure the person is making this choice freely and not being forced by anyone.

• Doctors can’t: 

  • Trick or force someone into taking the medicine.

  • Be punished for giving the medicine if they follow the law.

• Hospitals can decide if they want to let doctors give the medicine there.

• The government will keep track of how many people use the medicine to die peacefully.