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CT HB05486
Bill
Status
1/17/2023
Primary Sponsor
Craig Fishbein
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AI Summary
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Requires medical certifiers completing death certificates to list lethal drugs, overdoses, or other means of assisted suicide in the chain of events under cause of death when such means caused or contributed to the death
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Mandates that the manner of death be indicated as "suicide" on death certificates when assisted suicide is part of the chain of events
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Applies only upon legalization of any provision allowing prescription of medication that terminally ill patients may self-administer to bring about death
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Intended to provide notice to next of kin that a family member died by assisted suicide
Legislative Description
An Act Concerning The Cause Of Death Of Terminally Ill Persons Who Self-administer A Lethal Dose Of Medication.
Last Action
Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health
1/17/2023