Bill Sponsor
Colorado Senate Bill 68
Session 2024A
Medical Aid-in-Dying
Became Law
Became Law
Signed by Governor on Jun 5, 2024
Sponsors
Democrat
Joann Ginal
Democrat
Kyle Brown
First Action
Jan 22, 2024
Latest Action
Jun 5, 2024
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
68
State
Colorado
Session
2024A
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Primary
Democrat
Primary
Summary
Current law authorizes an individual with a terminal illness to request, and the individual's attending physician to prescribe to the individual, medication to hasten the individual's death (medical aid-in-dying). The act modifies the medical aid-in-dying laws by: Providing an advanced practice registered nurse with the same authority to evaluate an individual and prescribe medication as a physician; Adding language specifying that if any end-of-life options conflict with requirements to receive federal money, the conflicting part is inoperative and the remainder of the law will continue to operate; and Reducing the waiting period between oral requests from 15 days to 7 days and allowing attending providers to waive the mandatory waiting period if the patient is unlikely to survive more than 48 hours and meets all other qualifications. The act also prohibits certain insurers from: Denying or altering health-care or life insurance benefits otherwise available to a covered individual with a terminal illness based on the availability of medical aid-in-dying; or Attempting to coerce an individual with a terminal illness to make a request for medical aid-in-dying medication. APPROVED by Governor June 5, 2024 EFFECTIVE August 7, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Actions (14)
06/05/2024
Office of the Governor
Governor Signed
05/03/2024
Office of the Governor
Sent to the Governor
05/03/2024
House
Signed by the Speaker of the House
05/03/2024
Senate
Signed by the President of the Senate
04/09/2024
House
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/08/2024
House
House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
04/05/2024
House
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
04/02/2024
House
House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
03/11/2024
House
Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services
03/08/2024
Senate
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
03/07/2024
Senate
Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
03/05/2024
Senate
Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/07/2024 - No Amendments
02/29/2024
Senate
Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
01/22/2024
Senate
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services
Sources
Record Created
Jan 23, 2024 12:50:02 AM
Record Updated
Jun 26, 2024 3:30:39 AM