DE HB140

Allows terminally ill adult Delaware residents with a prognosis of 6 months or less to request and self-administer medication to end their life, requiring confirmation from both an attending physician/APRN and a consulting physician/APRN of the diagnosis, prognosis, decision-making capacity, and voluntary informed consent

Requires two oral requests (at least 15 days apart) and one written witnessed request before medication can be prescribed, with a 48-hour waiting period after the written request and mandatory opportunity to rescind at any time

Mandates psychiatric or psychological evaluation if any physician or APRN believes the patient may lack decision-making capacity, and explicitly excludes mental illness as a qualifying terminal condition

Provides immunity from civil, criminal, and professional liability for healthcare providers acting in good faith compliance, while allowing healthcare institutions to prohibit the practice on their premises and individual providers to refuse participation

Prohibits insurers from conditioning policies on end-of-life requests, protects life insurance validity when medication is self-administered, and requires the Department of Health and Social Services to collect compliance data and publish annual statistical reports with implementation by January 1, 2026